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World  War  from   1917  to  1919 


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Remarks 


THIS  book  is  published  in  order  to  preserve  in  permanent  form,  mem- 
ories of  a  trying  period  in  the  history  of  our  beloved  Country  for  the  ben- 
efit of  the  members  of  the  Eighty-eighth  Division,  their  families,  and 
those  to  come  after  them.  It  has  been  completed  only  after  many  months 
of  labor  and  the  expenditure  of  more  than  $2,500,  aside  from  the  cost  of 
printing  and  of  paper.  While  the  time  of  preparation  may  have  seemed  long 
to  some,  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  many  months  more  could  not  have  been  de- 
voted to  it.  Advance  promises  to  publish  at  an  early  date,  however,  and  the 
constantly  increasing  difficulties  of  the  printing  and  engraving  trades,  render 
it  expedient  to  go  to  press  without  further  delay. 

The  idea  of  a  book  containing  the  story  of  the  individual  American  soldier 
in  the  World  War  met  with  instant  and  loud  applause  in  the  Division,  and 
this  work  is  presented  with  the  hope  that  it  will  fill  the  need  which  was  believed 
to  exist. — E.  J.  D.  L. 


Table  of  Contents 

Map,  Travels  of  the  88th  Division Frontispiece 

Facts  About  the  World  War 4 

PART  1.     United  States  Dragged  Into  World  War 7 

PART  2.     Personal  Narratives  and  Reminiscences 19 

PART  3.     History  of  the352d  Infantry 55 

PART  4.     History  of  the  163d  Field  Artillery  Brigade 65 

History  of  the  337th  Field  Artillery  Regiment 67 

History  of  the  339th  Field  Artillery  Regiment 76 

PART  5.     "Finit  la  Guerre". 84 

PART    6.     Album  of  88th  Division  Members 85 

Appendix 151 


504682 


Facts  About  the  World  War 


DECLARATIONS  OF  WAR 


1014 

July    28 — Austria    on    Serbia. 

Aug.   1 — Germany   on   Russia. 

Aug.  3 — France  on  Germany. 
Germany    on    France. 

Aug.  4 — Germany  on  Bel- 
gium. 

Great     Britain     on     Ger- 
many. 

Aug.    6 — Austria    on    Russia. 

Aug.  8 — Montenegro  on  Aus- 
tria. 

Aug.  9 — Austria  on  Monte- 
negro. 

Montenegro       on        Ger- 
many. 
Serbia    on    Germany. 

Aug.  13 — France  on  Austria. 
Great  Britain  on  Aus- 
tria. 

Aug.   23 — Japan  on  Germany. 


Aug.    27 — -Austria    on    Japan. 

Aug.  28 — Austria  on  Bel- 
gium. 

Nov.     3 — Russia    on    Turkey. 

Nov.  5 — France  on  Turkey. 
Great  Britain  on  Tur- 
key. 

Nov.  23 — Turkey  on  Allies. 
Portugal  on  Germany. 
(Resolution  passed  au- 
thorizing military  inter- 
vention as  ally  Ens- 
land.) 

Dec.  2 — Serbia  on  Turkey. 
1015 

May  19 — Portugal  on  Ger- 
many. (Military  aid 
granted). 

May  14 — San  Marino  on  Aus- 
tria. 
Italy    on   Austria. 


Aug.  21 — Italy  on  Turkey. 

Oct.  14 — Bulgaria  on  Serbia. 

Oct.     15 — Great     Britain      on 
Bulgaria. 

Oct.  16 — France  on  Bulgaria. 
Serbia  on  Bulgaria. 

Oct.   19 — Italy  on  Bulgaria. 
Russia  on  Bulgaria. 
1018 

Mar.    9 — Germany    on    Portu- 
gal. 

Aug.   27 — Roumania   on   Aus- 
tria. 

Aug.  28 — Italy  on  Germany. 

Aug.    29 — Turkey      on      Rou- 
mania. 

Sept.   14 — Germany    on    Rou- 
mania. 

Nov.  28 — Greece  on  Bulgaria. 
(Provisional   Gov't). 
Greece        on        Germany. 
(Provisional  Gov't). 


1017 

Apr.     6 — United      States      on 

Germany. 
Apr.   7 — Cuba   on  Germany. 

Panama  on   Germany. 
July  2 — Greece  on  Germany. 

(Gov't   of   Alexander). 

Greece        on        Bulgaria. 

(Gov't   of   Alexander). 
July   22 — Siam   on   Austria. 

Siam  on  Germany. 
Aug.  4 — Liberia  on  Germany. 
Aug.  14 — China  on  Austria. 

China  on  Germany. 
Oct.   26 — Brazil   on   Germany. 
Dec.     7 — United      States      on 

Austria. 
Dec.  10 — Panama  on  Austria- 
Hungary. 


SEVERANCE  OF  DIPLOMATIC  RELATIONS 


1014 

July  26 — Austria  with  Serbia. 

Aug.    10 — France    with    Aus- 
tria. 

Aug.    13— Egypt     with     Ger- 
many. 

Aug.    26 — Austria    with    Jap- 
an. 

1016 

Mar.    16 — Austria    with    Por- 
tugal. 


1017 

Feb.  3 — United  States  with 
Germany. 

Mar.  14 — China  with  Ger- 
many. 

Apr.  8 — Austria  with  United 
States. 

Apr.  11 — Brazil  with  Ger- 
many. 

Apr.  14 — Bolivia  with  Ger- 
many. 


FINAL    V.    S.   CASUALTY    LIST. 

Killed    in    action 34,248 

Died    of    disease 23,430 

Died  of  wounds   13,700 

Uied  of  accident    2,019 

Drowned 300 

Suicide    272 

Murder    or    homicide 154 

Executed  by  sentence   of  General  Court  Martial 10 

Other   known   causes 489 

Causes    undetermined 1,839 

Presumed  dead 650 

Total  dead , 77,118 

Prisoners   unaccounted   for 15 

Prisoners    died 147 

Prisoners    repatriated 4.270 

Total    prisoners , 4.432 

Wounded  slightly    91,189 

Wounded    severely 83,390 

Wounded,    degree   undeterntined 46,480 

Total  wounded 221,050 

Missing  in  action 3 

Grand  total .' 302,612 


CASUALTIES  II V  STATES. 


State  Cas 

Montana    3 

Connecticut    6 

Wyoming    

Pennsylvania    35 

North     Dakota 2 

New    York 40 

Wisconsin    9 

Malm     1 

Massachusetts    13, 

New   Jersey 10 

Oklahoma     6 

Michigan     10 

New    Hampshire 1 

Minnesota     7 

Ohio    ' 16 

Vermont   1 

Iowa    7 

Illinois     18 

Wi -st    Virginia 4 

South  Dakota 1 

Kansas    5 

Nevada    

Maryland    3 

Missouri    10 

Virgina 6 

Rhode    Island 1 

Tennessee     6 


Per 

thousand 

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Dead 

lation 

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934 

9.1 

1.265 

1,265 

5.6 

676 

233 

4.6 

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7,898 

4.5 

1,560 

700 

4.43 

1,282 

9.196 

4.41 

i,813 

2.649 

4.2 

:,351 

409 

4.1 

,505 

2,955 

4.01 

M66 

2.367 

4.006 

1.358 

1,471 

3.8 

,369 

2,751 

3.6 

,631 

358 

3.55 

,323 

2,133 

3  52 

1,007 

4,082 

3.3 

,170 

300 

3.288 

.311 

2,161 

il.L'sr, 

,264 

4,260 

3.22 

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L.068 

3.208 

,N«7 

554 

3.1 

1,182 

1,270 

3.09 

250 

71 

3.05 

1.812 

975 

3.02 

1.385 

2,562 

3.009 

1.130 

1,635 

2.9 

.562 

355 

2.87 

1.190 

1,836 

2.83 

Apr.  20 — Turkey  with  United 
States. 

Apr.  27 — Guatemala  with 
Germany. 

May  17 — Honduras  with  Ger- 
many. 

May  IS — Nicaragua  with 
Germany. 

June  17 — Hayti  with  Ger- 
many. 


July  2 — Greece  with  Turkey. 

(Gov't  of  Alexander). 

Greece       with       Austria. 

(Gov't  of  Alexander) 
Sept.    21 — Costa     Rica      with 

Germany. 
Oct.    6 — Peru   with   Germany. 
Oct.    7 — Uruguay    with    G€r- 

many. 


California     6,650  1,747  2.76 

Arizona     557  150  2.72 

tl  tah 1,006  302  2.69 

Maine     2,090  518  2.68 

New    Mexico 860  22S  2.66 

North    Carolina 5,799  1,610  2.62 

Texas 10,133    .      2,722  2.6 

South     Carolina 3.919  1,138  2  58 

Nebraska    3,041  855  2.55 

Washington     3,070  STT  2.51 

Alabama    5,160  1,251  2  4 

Kentucky    5,380  1,436  2.349 

Oregon     1,577  512  2.344 

Dist.  Columbia 733  202  2.33 

Colorado     1.759  537  2.2 

Indiana   5,766  1,510  2.1 

Arkansas     2,658  S83  1.7 

Georgia    4,425  1,530  1.6 

Delaware    303  87  1.4 

Louisiana    2,169  823  1.3 

Mississippi      2,303  904  1.28 

Florida    1.171  467  1.27 

Alaska     15  6  

Hawaii     13  4  

Porto  Rico 12  1  

Philippines     7  3  

Canal  Zone   3  2  

II 

iiatil.-  Death*  of  Ml  Aralea. 

Russia   1,700,000 

Germany    1 ,700,000 

France    1,385,000 

Great   Britain 900,000 

Austria     800,000 

Italy 330,000 

Turkey   250,000 

Serbia    and    Montenegro 125,000 

Belgium    1 02.000 

Roumania I  00.000 

Bulgaria    100,000 

iTnited    States 49.000 

Greece    7,000 

Portugal 2.000 

Total   7,550.000 

Russia's  losses  were  for  only  three  years,  as  she  withdraw 
from  the  war  in  1917.  Deaths  were  between  20  and  25  in  each 
100  called  to  the  colors  (U.  S.  not  included).  In  our  Civil 
war  the  deaths  from  fighting  and  disease  in  the  Northern  army 
were  10  men  in  each  hundred. 

France  had  89.3%  or  8.392,000  of  her  9.336,000  men  of 
military  age  (from  18  to  50  years)  in  the  front  lines  or  army 


zones  during  the  war.     Great  Britain  had  the  following  total 
of  troops  from  the  respective  possessions : 

British    Isles 5.704,416 

Canada    •• • 640,886 

Australia 416,809 

New  Zealand 220,099 

South    Africa 136,070 

India     1,401,350 

Other    Colonies    134,837 

Total     j 8,654,467 

Some  of  the  figures  for  Central  Europe  and  Turkey  would 
be  hundreds  of  thousands  more  if  deaths  from  other  causes 
be  included.  Thus  Serbia  reported  her  losses  in  killed,  died 
of  wounds  and  disease  at  292,342. 


The  war  cost  the  world  $200,000,000,000  in  money,  material 
and  property,  it  is  estimated,  but  the  latter  probably  will  never 
be  known  exactly. 


President  Wilson  welcomed  the  soldiers  of  the  National 
Army  into  the  Nation's  service  Sept.  3,  1917,  with  a  message 
in  which  he  said :  "You  are  undertaking  a  great  duty.  The 
heart  of  the  whole  country  is  with  you.  Everything  that  you 
do  will  be  watched  with  the  deepest  interest  and  with  the 
deepest  solicitude  not  only  by  those  who  are  near  and  dear  to 
you,  but  by  the  whole  Nation  besides.  For  this  great  war 
draws  us  all  together,  makes  us  all  comrades  and  brothers,  as 


all  true  Americans  felt  themselves  to  be  when  we  first  made 
good  our  national  independence.  The  eyes  of  all  the  world 
will  be  upon  you  because  you  are  in  some  special  sense  the 
soldiers  of  freedom.  Let  it  be  your  pride,  therefore,  to  show 
all  men  everywhere  not  only  what  good  soldiers  you  are,  but 
also  what  good  men  you  are,  keeping  yourselves  fit  and  straight 
in  everything  and  pure  and  clean  through  and  through.  Let 
us  set  for  ourselves  a  standard  so  high  that  it  will  be  a  glory 
to  live  up  to  it  and  then  let  us  live  up  to  it  and  add  a  new 
laurel  to  the  crown  of  America.  My  affectionate  confidence 
goes  with  you  in  every  battle  and  every  test.  God  keep  and 
guide  you !" 


Men  and  women  of  the  United  States  engaged  in  war  ac- 
tivities were  as  follows : 

Men  In  France  fighting 1'cnn'nS!l 

Men   in  France   behind   lines ™„'n„„ 

Men  in  Army  in  United  States 1,l?2'nnS 

Men  in  Navy    bou.ouo 

Men  in   war   work   in  United   States iHnn'nn?, 

Men  in  non-war  work  in  U.  S 18,600,000 

.     Total     men 30,000,000 

Women   in   war  work 2,250,000 

Women  in  non-war  work 25,750,000 

Total    women 28,000.000 


Chronology  of  88th  Division 


1017. 

Aug.  25 — Organized  at  Camp 
Dodge,  Iowa,  with  the 
arrival  of  Mai-Gen.  Ed- 
ward H.  Plummer  to  as- 
sume   command. 

Aug.  29 — Arrival  of  796  offi- 
cers from  First  Federal 
Reserve  Officers'  Train- 
ing Camp  at  Fort  Snell- 
ing,  mostly  from  Minne- 
sota, Nebraska,  Iowa 
and  North  and  South 
Dakota. 

Sept.  4 — First  contingent  of 
5  per  cent  of  first  draft 
begins  to  arrive.  During 
succeeding  months  large 
numbers  of  men  of  first 
and  second  drafts  are 
sent  away,  mainly  to 
Camps  Cody,  Bowie, 
Doniphan,  Pike,  Grant 
and  Travis. 


1918. 

Jan.  1 — Arrival  of  868  offi-, 
i.is  for  duty  from  the' 
Second  Officers'  Training 
Camps  at  Forts  Sheri- 
dan, Snelling  and  Ben- 
jamin Harrison. 

July  25 — First  trainload  of 
88th  Division  troops 
leave  for  France  when 
the  advance  and  school 
detachments  depart  at 
9  P.  m.  accompanied  by 
Brig.  Gen.  W.  D.  Beach, 
acting  division  c  o  m- 
mander. 

Aug.  20 — First  Division 
headquarters  abroad 

•  ■pened  at  Semur  (Cote 
d'Or),  in  newly-opened 
21st    Training   Area. 

Aug.  10-13 — 163d  F.  A.  Brig, 
leaves  Camp  Dodge  for 
Port  of  Embarkation, 
Hoboken. 

Sept.  4-12 — 163d  F.  A.  Brig, 
lands  at  Be  Havre  and  is 
separated  permanently 
from  the  88th  Division 
proper. 

Sept.  5. — Maj.  Gen.  William 
Weigel  assigned  to  com- 
mand   of    the    Division. 


Sept.  10-16 — Units  of  163d  F. 
A.  Brig.  reach  their 
training  areas:  Brigade 
Headquarters  and  337th 
and  339th  Regiments  at 
Clermond-Fe  r  r  a  n  d; 
338th  Regt.  at  Camp  de 
Souge  near  Bordeaux, 
and  313th  Trench  Mor- 
tar Battery  at  Trench 
Artillery  School  at  Vit- 
ry,  near  Langres. 

Sept.  11 — Division  transfer- 
red to  7  th  (French) 
Army  40th  Army  Corps 
for  tactical  purposes. 
Passes  to  7th  Army 
Corps  (American),  3nd 
Army,  for  administra- 
tive purposes. 

Sept.  14 — Movement  ibegun 
by  rail  to  Hericourt 
(Haut  Saone)  area.  In- 
tensive training  contin- 
ued without  let-up.  Se- 
vere epidemic  of  Spanish 
Influenza  takes  more 
than  500  lives. 

Sept.  23— Two  officers  and 
100  men  from  each  of  4 
Infantry  battalions 

move  into  Center  Alsace 
Sector  east  of  Belfort  by 
truck  at  night. 

Oct.  5 — Division  proper  be- 
gins movement  to  front 
line  in  Center  Alsace 
Sector. 

Oct.  12 — 88th  Division  re- 
lieves the  38th  French 
Division. 

Oct.  12 — Enemy  raiding  par- 
ty on  2d  Battalion,  350th 
Inf.  repulsed  amid  heavy 
barrage  fire.  American 
loss  7  fatally  wounded, 
about  18  less  severely 
wounded,  2  officers,  8 
enlisted  men  captured; 
3    French   wounded. 

Oct.  14^Companies  D  and 
350th  Inf.  enter  villages 
of  Ammertzwiller  and 
Englingen  respectively, 
in  enemy  lines.  Former 
beats  off  enemy  attack. 
One    American   captured. 


Oct.  15 — Sector  passes  under 
complete  control  of  88th 
Division. 

Oct.  18 — Stchonholz  Wood 
salient  held  by  Co.  I, 
351st  Inf.  is  object  of 
enemy  raiding  party 
which  is  beaten  off.  One 
American  killed,  one 
wounded. 

Oct.  31 — Enemy  attempts 
second  assault  on  same 
salient  now  held  bv  Co. 
I,  352d  Inf.,  after  a  20- 
minute  barrage.  Co.  M 
Sector  adjoining  on  left 
also  shelled.  Raid  re- 
pulsed, leaving  behind 
one  dead  and  one  fatal- 
ly   wounded. 

Nov.     2 — Division    begins  to 

withdraw   from   front  to 

Valdoie     area,     north  of 
Belfort. 

Nov.  5 — Division  begins  en- 
training at  Belfort  for 
Bernecourt  and  Pagney- 
sur-Meuse  areas,  near 
Toul,  headquarters  at 
Lagney,  (Meurthe  a  t 
Moselle),  in  corps  re- 
serve of  the  2d  Army. 

Nov.  29 — After  policing  area 
Division  leaves  for  Gon- 
drecourt  (Meuse)  area 
for  the  remainder  of  the 
stay  in  France. 

Dec.  23 — 163d  Field  Artillery 
Brig,  sails  for  home  Dec. 
23-Jan.  25. 

Dec.  25 — 57th  Field  Artillery 
Brig,  assigned  to  Divi- 
sion from  32d  Division, 
temporarily. 


1919. 

Feb.  26— Division  Horse 
Show  at  Gondrecourt 
following  Regimental 
and  Brigade  Horse 
Shows.  352d  Inf.  wins 
first  place,   351st,  second. 

Mar.  28-29 — Division  Motor 
Transport  Show  near 
Demange. 


Apr.  11 — Orders  received  tc 
prepare  for  return  tc 
the  United  States,  the 
1st  Training  Area  to  be 
policed  and  restored  tc 
its  original  pre-war  con- 
dition. 

Apr.  15 — Division  transfer- 
red to  1st  American 
Army. 

Apr.  19 — Gen.  J.  J.  Pershing, 
commander-in-chief  of 
A.  E  F.,  and  Secretar> 
of  War  Baker,  review 
Division  at  Gondrecourl 
and  it  ceases  to  exist  as 
combat  unit. 

Apr.  20 — 88th  Division  comes 
under  direct  control  oi 
General  Headquarters 
A.  E.  F. 

Apr.  21 — Division  Show 
"Who  Can  Tell"  begins 
11-night  engagement  at 
Gondrecourt. 

Apr.  26 — Enlisted  Men's  Mil- 
itary Tournament  anc 
Field  Meet  at  Gondre- 
court. First  place  wor 
by  351st  Inf..  349th  sec- 
ond, 350th,  third.  Divi- 
sion transferred  to  con- 
trol of  Service  of  Supply 
for  early  return  home. 

May  2 — Advance  ibilleting 
party  entrains  at  Gon- 
drecourt for  new  area 
with  headquarters  at  La 
Suze  (Sarthe),  Americar 
Embarkation  Center  (Le 
Mans)    area. 

Mav  15 — Units  begin  to  en- 
train for  St.  Nazaire 
port  of  embarkation. 

Mav  19— Units  of  349th  Inf 
'  first  to  sail  for  America 
The  Liners  Henry  R 
Mallory,  Aeolus,  Rijn- 
dam,  Pastores,  Mercury 
Canonicus,  Pocahontas 
Koeningen  der  Neder- 
landen  and  Madawaska 
transport  Division 
across  the  Atlantic,  the 
last-named  sailing  May 
24,  all  landing  at  New- 
port News,  from  where 
the  men  are  scattered  to 
the  camps  nearest  their 
homes  and  discharged. 


Comparisom    OfJ/Y/5ION    "RECORDS; 
71 MF  SPENT  IN  TRAINING    fifVD    FIGHTING. 


1       I  Organization  to  arrival  In  Franc* 
w-:.'\  Arrival  In  Franca  to  entering  line 
X     I  Saterlog  line  t»  active  tattle  servioo 
Service  as  active  combat  dlvUlon 


fXOH  "KM  HITH  GttMMir" 


6     I 
88    - 


DIVISION  CASUALTY  LIST 


7.9?5 


1,002       8751 


1,359      6,800 


23- 


)H 


6,623 


1,396     6,194 


U90    5,106 


4.931 


■B- 
LJ 


Battle  Dealhs     Wounded 
591 2.119- 


tJ 


-574- 
-308- 
-185- 
-250- 


-2.009- 
-LS16-= 

-1.495- 
—  801- 


-479- 


Olhers  ■CZ3  - 


-4.462- 


25,076 
23,345 
18,154 
16,277 
16,005 
15,168 
14,183 
13,884 
11.956 
h.218 
11,081 
9.883 
9.253 
8,813 
8.228 
8.159 
8.010 
7,854 
7.590 
6.763 
6,496 
6.159 
5.923 
2.710 
2,583 
1,824 
1.680 
1.051 
576 
90 
6058 


Total 


48,909       237,135 


286,044 


PART  1 


United  States  Dragged  Into  World  War 


i. 

When,  on  June  28,  1914,'  the  Austrian  archduke,  Francis 
Ferdinand,  heir-apparent  to  the  throne  of  Austria-Hungary, 
and  his  wife,  Duchess  of  Hohenberg,  were  assassinated  on  the 
streets  of  Sarajevo,  capital  of  the  Austrian  province  of  Bos- 
nia, the  matter  received  only  the  scantiest  notice,  if  any  at  all, 
at  the  hands  of  a  certain  27,000-odd  young  men  busy  at  their 
various  occupations  far  across  the  sea  in  the  United  States. 
On  farms,  in  stores,  banks  and  offices,  in  shops  and  yards, 
they  were  devoting  themselves  to  their  peaceful  pursuits  in 
the  highly  prosperous,  nonmilitary  nation  of  the  New  World. 
What  went  on  over  in  the  Balkans  was  the  last  thing  to  give 
them  concern. 

Yet  those  shots  on  that  fatal  day  also  were  shots  to  be 
"heard  around  the  worjd,"  and  ere  their  echoes  ceased,  were 
to  roll  and  swell  into  a  chorus,  mighty  and  frightful  beyond 
man's  conception,  engulfing  nation  after  nation,  until  those  27,- 
000-odd  young  men  over  in  America,  unconcerned  no  longer, 
were  to  be  snatched  from  their  places  along  with  millions  of 
their  fellows  and  sent  into  a  maelstrom  of  war.  Little  did 
those  young  men,  soon  to  be  gathered  together  and  called  the 
88th  Division,  United  States  Army,  little  did  any  one  think  in 
those  days  that  the  country  over  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic 
was  to  be  drawn  into  the  holocaust,  tardily  but  tellingly,  and 
was  to  prove  the  deciding  factor  in  the  struggle. 

That  was  what  happened  in  those  momentous  years,  1914- 
1918.  This  is  being  written  18  months  after  hostilities  ceased, 
but  the  perspective  of  time  does  not  lend  much  in  this  case 
to  a  judgment  of  the  actual  and  contributing  causes  which  was 
not  shared  by  practically  the  entire  world  at  that  time.  This 
judgment  was  put  into  words  by  President  Wilson  when  he 
held  that  the  principal  factor  responsible  for  the  great  World 
War  was  the  unholy  ambitions  of  the  German  emperor,  Kaiser 
Wilhelm  II,  and  his  imperialistic  following.  Nothing  that  has 
been  evolved  since  then  has  lessened  this  belief,  and  that  the 
kaiser  himself  felt  the  weight  of  guilt  was  evident  from  his 
ignominious  flight  on  the  eve  of  his  downfall. 

Events  of  those  fateful  weeks  immediately  preceding  the 
outbreak  of  war  provide  material  for  numberless  volumes,  for 
white  books  and  red  books  and  yellow  books,  and  have  no 
proper  place  here  in  detail.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  affair 
of  Sarajevo  was  like  a  burning  match  to  powder,  so  strained 
were  internal  European  relations  after  the  recent  Balkan  wars. 
Matters  between  Austria  and  Servia  could  sustain  themselves 
no  longer.  Briefly,  it  was  Slav  versus  Teuton  for  Balkan  dom- 
ination, and  Austria  made  much  of  the  assassination  as  an 
act  of  excessive  hostility  on  the  part  of  Serbian  subjects, 
claiming  that  it  was  committed  with  official  connivance. 

Responsibility  Is  Undoubted 

It  will  be  left  to  future  historians  to  relate  how  much 
the  German  kaiser  had  to  do  with  urging  on  the  aged  Em- 
peror Francis  Joseph  of  Austria-Hungary  in  spite  of  the 
warnings  of  Russia  in  behalf  of  her  ally,  Servia.  Concerning 
the  responsibility  of  the  kaiser  in  driving  Austria  into  the 
Serbian  war,  there  is  no  longer  good  reason  to  doubt.  The 
decoded  cipher  messages  of  the  Austrian  ambassador  at  Ber- 
lin, the  minutes  of  the  historic  meeting  of  the  Austrian  cab- 
inet, the  confessions  of  Berchtold,  the  papers  in  the  German 
archives  brought  to  light  by  Kautsky,  all  prove  that  the  kaiser 
exercised  to  the  maximum  his  personal  initiative  in  forcing 
that  war  as  an  excuse  to  launch  the  great  military  scheme  he 
had  evolved  for  "Der  Tag" — the  day  to  which  Germans  drank 
their  toasts.  On  July  23  Austria  served  an  ultimatum  (or 
demarche)  on  Servia.  It  was  sent  at  6  P.  M.  and  a  reply  was 
demanded  by  6  P.  M.  July  25.  Servia  granted  every  demand, 
making  only  certain  slight  reservations. 

On  July  26  Germany  warned  the  powers  not  to  interfere 
in  Austria's  discipline  of  Servia.  Sir  Edward  Grey,  British 
foreign  secretary,  proposed  on  the  same  day  that  a  meeting 


of  representatives  of  the  powers  be  held  in  London  to  try  and 
avoid  the  war  that  seemed  to  be  so  inevitably  rushing  on. 
Germany  and  Austria  refused,  however,  and  on  the  28th  Aus- 
tria declared  war  on  Servia.  Belgrade  was  bombarded  on  the 
29th  and  Russia  began  a  partial  mobilization.  Germany  be- 
gan to  prepare  for  mobilization  without  a  public  order. 

Then  on  July  30  Germany  demanded  of  Russia  that  mob- 
ilization cease,  the  following  day  issuing  an  imperial  decree  of 
a  state  of  war  in  the  German  Empire.  On  the  first  day  of 
August,  Germany  declared  war  on  Russia — and  the  fate  of 
7,500,000  soldiers  of  many  nations  was  sealed,  millions  of  non- 
combatant  lives  were  lost,  and  untold  suffering  ensued  the  like 
of  which  the  world  had  never  before  witnessed. 

France  mobilized  and  on  August  2  German  troops  entered 
the  duchy  of  Luxemburg,  also  on  that  date  violating  the  fron- 
tier of  France  without  a  declaration  of  war,  and  appearing 
before  Liege,  Belgium.  Safe  passage  was  demanded  for  them 
through  Belgium  and  refused.  On  the  3d  France  and  Ger- 
many declared  war  and  hordes  of  green-grey  German  troops 
invaded  Belgium,  which  then  appealed  for  aid  to  Great  Britain 
as  one  of  the  guarantors  of  Belgian  neutrality. 

On  August  4  Great  Britain  did  what  the  kaiser  did  not 
look  for;  it  answered  the  appeal  of  Belgium  and  declared 
war  on  Germany. 

From  then  on  events  came  thick  and  fast,  a  world  looking 
on  aghast.  The  line-up  was  supposed  to  be  the  Triple  Entente 
(England,  France  and  Russia)  on  one  side  and  the  Triple  Al- 
liance (Germany,.  Austria-Hungary  and  Italy)  on  the  other, 
but  Italy  refused  to  become  a  party  to  the  War  Lord's  schemes 
and  notified  him  of  its  neutrality  July  31. 

Thus  the  great  struggle  was  launched  and  the  United 
States  announced  its  neutral  attitude.  There  were  many  men 
in  high  places  here  who  felt  that  we  should  at  least  have  pro- 
tested against  the  violation  of  Belgian  neutrality  but  on  the 
whole  the  squabbles  of  European  nations  were  not  a  matter 
of  great  interest  to  the  American  public,  nor  well  understood. 
There  were  in  this  country  three  great  influences  strongly 
opposed  to  any  action  unfavorable  to  Germany:  first  a  numer- 
ous Teutonic  element,  largely  foreign-born ;  second,  an  Irish 
element  coupled  with  other  anti-British  spirits,  and  third,  a 
portion  of  the  population  which  had  inherited  from  its  Euro- 
pean origin  a  deep  fear  of  and  hatred  for  Russia.  These  three 
were  pro-German  from  the  start.  Another  but  lesser  influence 
was  the  "I.  W.  W.,"  Socialists  and  similar  malcontent*. 

Germans  Violated  Decency 

America's  entry  into  the  war  on  the  side  of  the  Allies 
might  have  remained  an  uncertain  matter  had  not  Germany's 
methods  of  warfare  violated  every  sense  of  humanity  and 
decency  marking  civilized  races.  At  first  the  American  people 
looked  on  with  apathy,  holding  firm  to  the  tradition  of  not 
becoming  internationally  entangled,  but  the  "war  of  frightful- 
ness"  adopted  by  the  "Huns"  could  not  long  be  ignored.  The 
act  which  can  be  said  to  have  turned  the  scale  of  American 
opinion  definitely  against  Germany  was  the  sinking  of  the 
great  passenger  liner  Lusitania  by  a  German  submarine  with- 
out warning  off  the  Irish  coast  on  May  7,  1915.  Nearly  1,200 
men,  women  and  children  were  drowned,  and  among  them 
were  more  than  100  American  citizens.  A  wave  of  horror 
swept  over  the  world,  and  this  was  increased  by  an  accom- 
panying wave  of  exultation  and  delight  that  swept  over  Ger- 
many. Execution  of  the  British  nurse,  Edith  Cavell,  also  told 
heavily  against  Germany. 

Meanwhile  the  United  States  government  was  constantly 
annoyed  by  the  secret  activities  of  German  agents  within  its 
borders.  It  was  established  that  the  German  imperial  agents 
here  were  implicated  and  on  May  12,  1915,  the  notorious  Dr. 
Dernburg  was  "sent  home"  under  a  British  safe  conduct.  On 
May  13  President  Wilson  sent  a  note  of  protest  to  Germany 


:'. 


Memoirs  of  FkaNCE 


on  the  Lusitania  incident,  and  from  that  time  on  for  the  next 
two  years  the  American  president  was  almost  constantly  en- 
gaged in  dispatching  notes  of  protest  and  warning  to  the 
German  emperor.  Although  these  notes  grew  firmer  and  firm- 
er, it  can  be  safely  asserted  that  he  never  out-distanced  the 
growing  disgust  for  Germany's  acts  among  his  people.  It 
can  be  asserted  with  equal  certainty  that  similar  language  at 
the  beginning  of  the  war  would  not  have  represented  the  solid 
concensus  behind  him,  but  that  by  the  time  he  stepped  before 
Congress  and  announced  that  it  was  to  be  War,  he  had  the 
backing  of  a  unified  American  national  sentiment, .  that  cried 
out  for  the  privilege  of  taking  a  hand  and  ridding  the  world 
of  the  menace  of  diabolical  evil  which  it  faced. 

That  was  April  6,  1917,  two  years  and  eight  months  after 
the  beginning  of  the  war.  A  year  later,  Gavrio  Prinzip,  Ser- 
bian, died  in  an  Austrian  fortress.  May  1,  1918.  He  was  charg- 
ed with  the  assassination  of  Francis  Ferdinand,  the  act  that 
opened  the  World's  great  tragedy. 

II. 

Raising  of  Army  Begun 

At  the  time  of  its  entering  into  the  war  the  United  States 
boasted  of  organized  land  forces  scarcely  more  formidable 
than  the  "contemptible  little  army"  with  which  England  sought 
to  assist  in  the  stemming  of  the  German  flood  at  the  beginning 
of  the  war.  According  to  newspaper  almanacs  we  had  a  reg- 
ular army  of  90,000  officers  and  men  of  the  100,000  authorized 
by  law  as  a  standing  army,  and  scattered  throughout  the  island 
possessions,  canal  zone,  Alaska  and  main  continent. 

The  strength  of  the  organized  State  militia  in  the  federal 
service  Sept.  30,  1916,  was  143,000,  at  that  time  mainly  on  the 
Mexican  border.  This  gave  us  a  total  strength  of  less  than 
250,000  men,  none  of  them  trained  or  equipped  according  to 
the  vastly  changed  methods  evolved  in  the  European  struggle. 

The  problem  at  once  presented  itself  how  to  go  about  the 
raising  of  an  army  that  would  compare  favorably  with  the 
millions  possessed  by  the  belligerents  and  to  provide  the  new 
forms  of  munitions.  In  the  matter  of  the  latter,  we  were 
aided  by  the  fact  that  many  of  our  private  industries  were  en- 
gaged in  turning  out  enormous  quantities  of  modern  arms  for 
Allied  nations,  but  we  had  no  laws  or  plans  providing  ma- 
chinery for  raising  a  large  army  except  by  the  volunteer 
method. 

Such  was  the  determination  of  the  American  public,  how- 
ever, that  the  seemingly  impossible  task  of  organization  and 
construction  was  disposed  of  in  a  manner  which  became  at 
once  the  marvel  of  the  world.  A  draft  law  was  passed  by 
Congress  and  accepted  by  the  public  without  a  murmur,  and 
on  June  S,  1917,  nearly  10,000,000  young  men  registered  for 
the  proposed  army. 

But  this  was  only  part  of  the  tremendous  problem.  Before 
the  army  could  be  organized  there  must  be  officers  to  man  it 
and  before  the  army  could  be  gathered  together  there  must  be 
camps  and  buildings  to  house  it.  Reserve  officers'  training 
camps  were  accordingly  opened  May  IS  at  13  points  and  con- 
struction was  begun  on  16  large  cantonments.  Thus,  30.000 
officers  were  produced  after  a  three-month  course,  ready  to 
report  at  the  nearest  cantonments  by  the  time  the  buildings 
were  ready  to  take  charge  of  the  drafted  men  as  soon  as  they 
could  be  called  into  the  service. 

One  of  the  cantonments  established  was  at  Camp  Dodge, 
Iowa,  about  11  miles  northwest  of  Des  Moines,  the  state  cap- 
ital, on  a  single-track  electric  line.  The  new  army  of  drafted 
men  was  to  be  called  the  National  Army,  which  together  with 
divisions  of  the  National  Guard  and  regular  army,  was  to  form 
the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  abroad.  In  the  plans  for 
this  army  the  numbers  from  1  to  25  were  allotted  to  divisions 
of  regular  army  troops ;  26  to  75  to  the  National  Guard  and 
from  76  up  to  the  National  Army.  Camp  Dodge  was  to  receive 
a  division  of  National  Army  troops,  designated  as  the  88th. 
Besides  cheerfully  accepting  the  Draft  law  the  American  pub- 
lic during  the  war  submitted  to  government  control  of  rail- 
roads, food  and  fuel,  oversubscribed  one  "Liberty  Loan"  after 
another,  and  purchased  "War  Savings  Stamps"  by  the  billion. 

The  period  of  nearly  one  year  during  which  the  88th  was 
kept  at  Camp  Dodge  will  remain  in  the  memory  of  its  perma- 
nent personnel  as  one  of  the  most  trying  of  the  entire  expe- 
rience.   It  was  the  universal  desire  to  get  to  Europe  as  speed- 


ily as  possible,  instead  of  which  a  skeleton  organization,  mainly 
of  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers,  was  forced  to  re- 
main on  the  bleak,  wind-swept  and  sun-baked  prairie  drilling 
thousands  of  civilian  soldiers,  only  to  lose  them  to  other  divi- 
sions and  see  them  sent  abroad. 

It  was  a  heart-breaking  experience,  that  more  than  once 
sapped  officers  and  N.  C.  O.'s  of  their  enthusiasm  and  spirit. 
Unquestionably,  training  suffered  much  from  this  practice. 
At  such  times  as  the  88th  was  recruited  to  near  full  strength 
and  the  new  men  taking  shape  as  well-drilled  soldiers,  there 
was  not  an  officer  of  any  rank  who  did  not  succumb  to  a 
feeling  of  discouragement  and  disappointment  when  orders 
came  to  deplete  the  ranks  again  for  the  benefit  of  outfits  sched- 
uled for  early  departure  for  France.  The  last  men  of  the 
first  draft  did  not  report  at  Camp  Dodge  until  February,  1918, 
and  altogether  about  40,000  men  received  their  early  training 
there,  only  to  be  transferred  elsewhere. 

Contingents  of  drafted  men  arrived  usually  in  delega- 
tions from  their  home  assembly  points,  sometimes  with  flags 
and  banners,  and  even  accompanied  by  G.  A.  R.  drum  corps, 
bands  or  other  enthusiastic  committees.  They  got  off  the 
lnterurban  line  at  Camp  Dodge  Station  at  5th  St.,  afterward 
known  as  the  "Arsenal"  Station,  and  were  marched  in  what- 
ever formation  could  be  held,  to  the  Receiving  Office  at  the 
corner  of  Main  Ave.  Some  of  the  delegations  were  in  charge 
of  men  with  considerable  military  experience  and  these  had 
drilled  their  men  into  marching  by  squads,  and  given  them 
quite  a  start  in  the  rudiments  of  their  new  profession. 

After  being  registered  and  answering  all  the  questions, 
the  next  move  was  to  get  quarters  and  accommodations. 
Sometimes  it  was  necessary  for  the  recruits  to  fall  in  and 
march  to  the  buildings  where  folding  iron  beds  were  issued, 
but  often  the  beds  were  already  in  place.  All  that  remained 
was  for  the  arrivals  to  fall  in  and  march  away  for  bedsacks, 
then  march  away  to  the  straw  pile.  Those  were  the  days 
when  homesickness  gripped  hard,  and  it  grew  worse  before 
the  new  men  became  acclimated. 

Thus  with  the  actual  formation  of  the  88th  Div.,  those 
officers  assigned  to  it  gave  up  the  hopes  they  formerly  cher- 
ished of  being  among  the  "First  Hundred  Thousand,"  to 
go  "across,"  that  they  had  talked  about  at  the  Ft.  Snelling 
training  camp.  Large  numbers  of  officers  were  detached, 
however,  and  sent  to  other  stations  and  these  had  their  hopes 
fulfilled  of  getting  over  early.  Out  of  those  companies  of 
"rookie  officers"  at  the  first  camp  many  went  over  never  to 
return. 

Questions  Are  Aroused 

The  hasty  raising  of  a  large  army  and  its  even  more  hasty 
training  by  intensive,  short-cut  methods  awoke  the  question, 
"Will  our  boys,  reared  in  a  nonmilitary  atmosphere  and  more 
or  less  pampered  by  an  easy,  comfortable  life,  respond  to'the 
harsh  demands  of  the  army?  What  kind  of  soldiers  will  they 
make?" 

There  existed  not  only  abroad  but  at  home  a  certain  sus- 
picion that  the  American  youth  was  a  sort  of  "mamma's  boy," 
and  this  suspicion  was  strengthened  much  by  a  song  which 
had  considerable  vogue  early  in  the  war,  "I  Did  Not  Raise 
My  Boy  to  be  a  Soldier." 

But  if  any  misgivings  were  harbored  as  to  the  qualities 
of  the  American  young  men  to  face  hardship  and  devote 
themselves  to  a  duty  no  matter  how  disagreeable,  they  were 
to  be  dispelled  at  once  and  completely  with  the  enrollment  of 
the  first  men  as  soldiers.  The  most  optimistic  hopes,  the 
stanchest  supporters  of  American  stamina  were  shown  to  be 
justified  and  far  surpassed.  It  was  one  of  the  astonishing 
features  of  the  efforts  to  build  the  army  that  the  men  from 
the  farms,  towns  and  cities,  most  of  whom  had  scarcely  seen 
a  soldier  or  handled  a  gun  in  his  life,  mastered  his  "School 
of  the  Soldier,"  and  "School  of  the  Squad"  as  though  born 
to  the  life,  and  they  were  turned  into  snappy,  well-set-up  sol- 
diers almost  over  night.  There  were  no  longer  any  fears 
after  the  first  few  days  about  raising  an  effective  army  in  the 
United  States,  and  in  quicker  time  than  such  a  thing  had  ever 
been  attempted  before. 

But  it  was  not  now  a  matter  of  training  men  in  a  few 
simple  branches  such  as  covered  by  the  experiences  of  Amer- 
ican arms  in  former  wars.  Besides  the  old  methods  of  fight- 
ing, the  modern  tricks  had  to  be  learned.  The  old-time,  fancy, 
thrust-and-parry  bayonet  drill   for  instance  went  in  the  dis- 


And  the  88th  Division 


card,  and  in  its  place  came  a  vicious,  vigorous,  savage,  cut- 
and-jab  method  developed  by  the  British  with  great  success. 
Every  man  also  had  to  take  thorough  gas  defense  training, 
and  grenade  throwing,  rifle  grenade,  automatic  rifle,  hand 
bomb,  a  new  extended  order,  sniping,  trench  fighting,  trench 
digging,  liaison,  and  other  ideas  in  warfare  were  in  the  course 
of  study. 

To    assist    in    introducing    the    latest    forms   of   fighting, 
France  and  England  sent  missions  to  this  country  for  duty  at 
the  various  training  camps.     Among  the  officers  who  will  be 
remembered   as   having  been   members   of   these   missions   at 
different  times  were  Majors  McHardy  and  Simpson  and  Cap- 
tains Ross,  Cross,  Revels,  Blackwell  and  Parnell,  all  British, 
and  Majors  Cheffaud  and  Hanaut,  Captains  Pouchot,  Delport, 
Armand  and  Percevault,  and  Lieutenant  Giraud,  French. 
The  organizations  which  made  up  the  division  were : 
Division  Headquarters ;  Headquarters  Troops ;  337th 
Machine  Gun  Battalion. 

175th  Infantry  Brigade :  349th  and  350th  Regiments ; 
338th  Machine  Gun  Battalion. 

176th  Infantry  Brigade:  351st  and  352d  Regiments; 
339th  Machine  Gun  Battalion. 

163d  Field    Artillery  Brigade ;  337th,  338th  and  339th* 
Regiments;  313th  Trench  Mortar  Battery. 
313th  Engineer  Regiment. 

313th  Train  Headquarters  and  Military  Police. 
313th  Ammunition  Train. 
313th  Field  Signal  Battalion. 
313th  Supply  Train. 
313th  Sanitary  Train. 
The    163d    Depot   Brigade   also   was   organized   at    Camp 
Dodge,  and  the  southern  end  of  the  camp  was  occupied  by  the 
366th  Regiment  of  colored  infantry  of  the  92d  Division. 

Stiff  and  Gruelling  Program 

It  was  a  stiff  and  gruelling  program  that  met  the  new 
drafted  men,  but  work  was  graduated  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
develop  the  men  by  degrees,  yet  with  speed.  Each  unit  was 
assigned  drill  fields  on  the  terrain  surrounding  the  barracks, 
and  each  had  its  own  bayonet  course  and  parade.  The  ar- 
tillery occupied  the  north  end  of  camp  adjacent  to  the  Base 
Hospital  (as  far  as  the  area  of  the  42d  Regular  Infantry 
which  later  arrived  at  Camp  Dodge). 

Rifle  and  machine  gun  ranges  were  located  over  the  hill 
east  of  the  camp,  though  range  work  did  not  begin  for  some 
time.     Krag-Jorgenson  rifles  were  issued  at  first. 

The  United  States  had  on  hand  600,000  Springfield  rifles, 
model  of  1903.  This  rifle  has  been  claimed  by  experts  to  be 
the  best  infantry  rifle  in  use  in  any  army.  Seeing  the  impos- 
sibility of  manufacturing  Springfields  fast  enough  to  place 
them  in  the  hands  of  4,000,000  men  which  the  army  program 
eventually  took  into  account,  it  was  decided  to  manufacture 
an  entirely  new  rifle.  At  that  time  there  were  several  large 
plants  just  completing  large  orders  for  the  Enfield  rifle,  model 
1917,  for  the  British  government.  The  new  American  rifle— 
the  model  1917 — was  accordingly  designed  sufficiently  like  the 
Enfield  so  that  plants  equipped  to  make  the  Enfield  could  turn 
their  equipment  to  making  the  new  American  rifle,  chambered 
to  use  Springfield  ammunition. 

Meanwhile  the  available  Springfields  were  used  to  equip 
the  regular  army  and  National  Guard  divisions  first  to  go  to 
France.  In  fact,  half  the  ammunition,  round  for  round,  used 
against  the  enemy  by  United  States  troops  during  the  war 
was  shot  from  Springfield  rifles.  A  reserve  stock  of  200,000 
Krags  was  taken  from  storage  for  training  purposes  in  the 
camps  and  10,000  of  these  came  to  Camp  Dodge. 

The  manufacture  of  Springfields  was  continued  while 
large  scale  production  of  the  Enfields  went  on.  Beginning 
with  the  600,000  on  hand  in  April,  1917,  the  total  of  Spring- 
fields  had  risen  to  900,000  at  the  end  of  the  war.  Production 
of  the  Enfields  started  in  August,  1917,  and  totalled  at  the 
armistice  nearly  2,300,000.  The  first  Enfields  arrived  at  Camp 
Dodge  during  the  winter  1917-18. 

A  ''model  battalion''  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of 
demonstrating  modern  warfare,  and  an  elaborate  system  of 
trenches  were  dug  on  the  heights  near  the  water  tower  east  of 
the  camp.  American  companies  formerly  were  composed  of 
150  men  at  war  strength,  but  among  the  changes  made  in  the 
present  war  was  the  raising  of  this  number  to  250  to  conform 


with  the  companies  of  the  Allies.  Construction  at  Camp 
Dodge  had  begun  under  plans  for  150-man  buildings,  by  the 
way,  hence  it  was  necessary  to  put  one  organization  in  more 
than  one  building,  and  parts  of  more  than  one  organization  in 
a  building  frequently. 

Hard  as  was  the  drill  routine  of  each  day  for  the  soldiers, 
with  emphasis  from  the  beginning  on  physical  development,  it 
was  not  permitted  to  become  monotonous.  Play  was  injected 
into'  the  program  at  stated  periods  to  give  the  men  well-di- 
rected exercise  and  recreation. 

Never  before,  it  is  safe  to  say,  had  an  army  been  raised 
and  trained  with  such  attention  to  the  soldiers'  moral,  physical 
and  mental  welfare.  Contributing  to  this  end  were  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  with  many  "huts,"  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  also  with  frequent  buildings,  the  Hostess  House 
of  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  the  Jewish  Wel- 
fare Board,  Lutheran  Brotherhood,  American  Library  Board 
and  American  Red  Cross.  A  theater  also  was  erected  at  the 
camp  "Civic  Center." 

Boxing  came  into  great  vogue,  and  "Mike"  Gibbons,  a 
prominent  professional  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  was  engaged  as  the 
Division  Boxing  Instructor. 

Camp  Strength  Depleted 

As  Christmas,  1917,  drew  near  the  camp  strength  was 
considerably  depleted,  and  a  deep  hope  was  entertained  that  all 
would  be  permitted  to  go  home  for  a  holiday  visit.  At  first 
it  was  given  out  that  no  one  would  be  given  a  holiday  leave, 
but  later  this  was  altered  to  provide  that  those  might  go  who 
could  show  that  there  was  sickness,  death,  or  other  highly 
urgent  reason  for  going  home. 

Soon  there  began  pouring  into  camp  a  stream  of  telegrams 
announcing  illness  and  all  sorts  of  dire  emergencies  among 
the  folks  at  home,  on  the  strength  of  which  some  "buddy" 
was  expected  to  be  able  to  get  a  leave.  One  young  man  from 
Dubuque  presented  himself  before  his  captain,  whose  company 
was  threatened  with  being  well-nigh  wiped  out  by  the  pleas 
from  home,  and,  handing  over  a  telegram,  said: 

"Sir,  nearly  every  man  in  Dubuque  is  dead  except  my 
father,  and  he's  sick." 

He  got  his  leave.  Officers  engaged  automobiles  for  long 
journeys  in  order  not  to  use  the  railroads  to  go  outside  the 
state,  as  one  of  the  reasons  for  curtailing  leaves  was  the  ne- 
cessity of  keeping  down  rail  travel. 

General  Plummer  was  relieved  of  command  of  the  Divi- 
sion after  a  trip  to  France  because  of  physical  unfitness  for 
foreign  service,  and  Brig.  Gen.  R.  N.  Getty,  commanding  the 
175th  Brig.,  succeeded  him.  General  Getty  in  turn  was  re- 
lieved and  Brig.  Gen.  W.  D.  Beach,  commanding  the  176th 
Brig.,  took  charge  of  the  Division  until  it  reached  France. 
Brig.  Gen.,  M.  B.  Stewart  became  commander  of  the  175th 
Brig.  Commanders  to  take  their  organizations  overseas  were : 
349th  Inf.,  Col.  Girard  Sturtevant;  350th  Inf.,  Col.  Harrison 
J.  Price  (afterward  brigadier  general  in  77th  Div.)  ;  351st 
Inf.,  Col.  H.  B.  Crosby;  3S2d  Inf.,  Col.  C.  E.  Hawkins;  163d 
F.  A.  Brig.,  Brig.  Gen.  S.  M.  Foote  (deceased) ;  337th  F. 
A,  Col.  George  R.  Greene ;  338th  F.  A.,  Col.  Ned  B.  Rehkopf ; 
339th  F.  A.,  Col.  S.  C.  Vestal;  313th  Eng.,  Col.  R.  P.  Howell: 
313th  Trains  and  M.  P.,  Col.  J.  P.  Harbeson ;  313th  F.  S. 
Bn..  Col.  F.  W.  Ainsworth ;  313th  San.  Train,  Lt.  Col.  W.  R. 
C.  Neumarker ;  313th  Amm.  Train,  Lt.  Col.  E.  S.  Olmstead ; 
313th  Supply  Train,  Major  W.  J.  O'Connell;  337th  M.  G. 
Bn.,  Major  R.  F.  Seymour;  338th  M.  G.  Bn.,  Major  C.  H. 
Karstad;   339th  M.  G.  Bn.,  Major  L.  B.  Elliott. 

Other  units  to  serve  with  the  88th  Div.  in  France  were 
the  313th  Mobile  Ordnance  Repair  Shop,  Clothing  l5nit  No. 
308,  Mobile  Laundry  Unit  No.  329,  Service  Park  Units  No. 
367  and  311. 

Toward  summer,  1918,  as  the  Division  began  to  fill  up 
again,  training  increased  in  intensity,  and  from  other  indica- 
tions hope  sprang  up  anew  in  oft-disappointed  breasts  that  at 
last  the  88th  was  to  get  away  from  Camp  Dodge  and  be  en- 
trusted with  real  action. 

An  incident  which,  while  it  had  no  connection  with  the 
Division  or  the  war,  served  to  impress  on  the  men  the  inexora- 
ble laws  of  the  military,  occurred  July  5.  At  9  A.  M.  on  that 
day  more  than  15,000  troops  were  drawn  up  in  a  large  hollow 
square  on  the  drill  field  of  the  366th  Inf.  to  witness  the  hang- 
ing of  three  negro  soldiers.     It  was  a  dull,  gray  morning,  and 


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with  great  gallows  in  the  center,  it  was  a  tense  and  tragic 
scene  as  the  shouting  culprits  stood  out  against  the  sky  and 
then  dropped  to  their  death.  Nothing  could  have  taught  the 
men  more  effectively  the  certainty  and  speed  of  army  law. 
Following  a  crime  against  a  white  girl,  the  arrests  and  con- 
viction had  come  with  remarkable  expedition  and  with  no 
doubts  entertained  that  justice  had  overtaken  the  right  men. 

Most  Strenous  Period 

As  July  advanced  work  was  carried  on  from  early  morn- 
ing until  dark  at  night,  undoubtedly  the  most  strenuous  period 
ever  put  in  by  any  of  the  members  before.  The  men  gained 
confidence  and  the  eagerness  to  get  abroad  increased.  War 
risk  insurance  had  been  taken  out  by  nearly  every  officer  and 
man,  the  psychologic  and  physical  tests  passed,  and  all  were 
ready. 

At  last  the  long-awaited  order  came  from  Washington  for 
overseas  service.  Naturally  among  so  large  a  number  of 
young  men  there  must  have  been  mixed  emotions  on  the  pros- 
pect going  to  a  war  which  held  such  horrors  unknown  to 
American  experience.  There  were  one  or  two  suicides  or  at- 
tempts at  suicide  on  the  part  of  overwrought  natures. 

An  advance  party  consisting  of  the  billeting,  debarking 
and  entraining  officers  and  orderlies,  and  a  school  detachment 
bound  for  Chatillon-sur-Seine,  made  up  the  first  train  of  Pull- 
mans that  left  Camp  Dodge  about  9  P.  M.,  July  25,  1918,  for 
the  Port  of  Embarkation  at  Hoboken,  N.  J.  The  route  was 
the  same  as  that  followed  by  most  of  the  Division — the  North- 
western Railroad  to  Chicago,  then  the  Nickle  Plate  to  Buffalo, 
and  the  Lackawanna  to  Hoboken.* 

On  this  trip  the  men  received  their  first  impressions  of  the 
nation's  interest  in  them  as  fighters.  Possibly  from  long  as- 
sociation, Des  Moines  had  not  been  a  demonstrative  city,  but 
the  soldiers  were  now  to  feel  the  warmth  and  enthusiasm  of 
the  patriotic  American  heart,  and  the  farther  east  they  pro- 
ceeded the  more  marked  became  the  demonstrations.  Chicago 
gave  them  impromptu  innovations  as  the  cars  switched  through 
the  Ghetto  and  other  poorer  sections  of  the  city,  and  the  little 
towns  along  the  way  out  in  the  country  showered  attentions. 

It  was  during  this  journey  that  the  work  of  the  Red  Cross 
first  came  to  receive  the  real  appreciation  of  the  soldiers.  Lo- 
cal chapters  always  kept  informed  hours  ahead  of  approach- 
ing troop  trains  and  were  ready  with  coffee,  cookies,  cigar- 
ettes, milk  or  other  comforts.  Among  the  towns  that  catered 
to  almost  ev.ery  88th  Div.  train  were  Clinton,  Iowa,  Cleveland, 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  and  Scranton,  Pa. 

The  advance  party  was  taken  by  ferry  to  Brooklyn  and 
on  the  Long  Island  Railroad  to  Camp  Upton,  at  Yaphank. 
The  school  detachment  was  the  first  to  get  away  and  sailed 
Aug.  3,  being  fortunate  enough  to  be  placed  on  board  the 
giant  Leviathan,  formerly  the  German  Vaterland.  The  ad- 
vance detachment  was  equally  fortunate,  except  in  not  sailing 
until  Aug.  5,  by  securing  space  aboard  the  Aquitania.  These 
were  fast  vessels  and  zig-zagged  across  the  Atlantic  in  seven 
days  unattended  by  protective  warships,  the  former  landing 
at  LeHavre  and  the  latter  at  Liverpool. 

The  Salvation  Army  and  Red  Cross  on  the  American  side 
had  a  system  of  sending  postal  cards  or  telegrams  to  the 
men's  home  folks  when  the  cable  should  announce  the  safe 
arrival  of  the  ships  "at  a  foreign  port."  The  point  of  landing 
never  was  mentioned.  Arrangements  for  this  service  would 
be  made  in  advance  at  the  gang  plank  and  was  free  of  charge. 

The  advance  detachment  put  in  the  program  experienced 
by  most  of  the  Division:  two  nights  at  Knotty  Ash  "Rest 
Camp"  in  Liverpool,  a  beautiful  daylight  run  across  England 
to  Southampton,  one  night's  stay  there  at  a  "rest  camp,"  then 
a  swift  dart  in  an  overcrowded  boat  across  the  English  chan- 
nel under  cover  of  darkness  to  Cherbourg,  France,  and  an- 
other "rest  camp."  Then  came  the  introduction  to  cooties  and 
the  "40  Hommes,  8  Chevaux"  form  of  travel. 

If  the  reception  given  the  troops  at  home  had  been  warm, 
it  was  even  more  so  in  England.  All  along  the  railroad  the 
Stars  and  Stripes  hung  from  windows  and  poles-,  and  house- 
wives paused  from  their  work  to  go  to  the  doors  and  wave  at 
the  passing  Americans.  "Goodby-ee"  and  "Cheery-o"  were  the 
common  greeting,  with  "Good  old  Yanks"  and  "Hurrah  for 
Sammy!"  interspersed.  The  smaller  children,  however,  had 
early  discovered  the  doughboys'  open-handedness  and  begged 
(•The  name  of  those  composing  the  Advance  Detachment  are 
given  on  page  11  and  a  complete  list  of  the  School  Detachment 
in   the  Appendix). 


for  pennies.  A  printed  greeting  from  King  George  was  given 
every  American  soldier  who  passed  through. 

The  voyage  across  the  Atlantic  was  accomplished  with 
varied  experiences,  but  with  the  same  routine  of  duties — boat 
drill,  guard,  K.  P.,  etc.  No  mishaps  marred  the  passage 
through  the  submarine-infested  waters.  The  slower  ships 
made  the  trip  in  convoys  accompanied  by  strong  war  fleets. 
There  were  submarine  scares  that  proved  groundless,  but  some 
that  were  legitimate. 

To  avoid  the  possibility  that  someone  might  show  a  light 
from  cigarette  or  match  after  dark,  no  one  was  permitted  out- 
side after  a  certain  hour  in  the  evening,  and  all  had  to  wear 
lifebelts  constantly  during  the  day,  and  on  some  ships  even  at 
night.  In  the  more  dangerous  waters  the  officers  also  had  to 
wear  the  pistols  issued  to  them  just  before  sailing.  It  was  at 
this  time  also  that  the  men  received  their  new  style  "overseas" 
caps  and  spiral  leggings.  The  officers  also  had  to  provide 
themselves  with  the  Sam  Browne  belt  and  put  it  on  before 
debarkation. 

It  would  be  well  to  recall  the  stage  of  the  war's  progress 
at  the  time  the  88th  Div.  was  being  hurried  to  a  place  in  line. 

Ludendorff  Begins  Drive 

It  was  on  March  21,  1918,  that  Ludendorff  began  the  great 
drive,  or  rather  series  of  drives,  that  was  for  a  second  time  (the 
first  time  being  in  1914)  to  threaten  Paris.  The  Allies  knew 
that  a  stroke  was  impending,  but  they  knew  not  exactly  where. 
A  British  Army  received  the  first  impact  and  gave  in.  For 
four  months  thereafter  it  was  almost  one  tremendous  and 
successful  blow  after  another  and  it  seemed  impossible  for 
the  Allied  arms  to  stem  the  fierce  onslaught.  Nearly  to  Amiens 
went  the  new  German  lines  on  the  right  center,  and  on  May 
27,  while  the  Allies  were  anxiously  watching  the  Amiens  sector, 
Ludendorff  suddenly  drove  with  terrible  force  between  Sois- 
sons  and  Rheims  and  in  three  hours  had  taken  the  Chemin  des 
Dames  which  the  French  had  re-won  the  year  before  after  a 
struggle  as  bitter  and  bloody  as  Verdun  in  1916.  The  worn 
French  and  British  troops  could  not  hold  and  by  the  fourth  day 
the  Germans  had  taken  Soissons  and  reached  the  Marne  near 
Chateau  Thierry. 

Those  were  proud  days  for  the  kaiser.  Russia  was  out 
of  the  war,  peace  had  just  been  signed  by  Roumania  with  the 
four  Central  Powers  of  Germany,  Austria-Hungary,  Bulgaria 
and  Turkey,  and  the  Balkans  were  quieted.  The  advances  the 
last  of  May  were  the  fastest  ever  scored  by  any  army  on  any 
front  in  the  war. 

Gathering  then  for  a  renewed  onslaught,  the  fifth  great 
storm  was  let  loose  July  15  on  a  50-mile  front  from  Vaux  to 
the  Champagne,  and  the  Marne  was  crossed  at  Dormans,  but 
that  was  the  finish.  They  met  a  wall  of  French-American 
troops,  and  on  the  18th  these  advanced  instead,  and  the  Ger- 
mans retreated  across  the  river  the  next  day. 

Eighty-five  thousand  Americans  fought  in  the  Chateau 
Thierry  vicinity  (men  from  the  2d,  3d,  26th,  28th  and  42d 
Divisions)  and  not  only  stopped  the  Hun  advance  on  Paris 
but  hurled  them  back,  and  the  rest  of  the  war  was  a  series  of 
German  reverses  until  the  end. 

American  troops  had  displayed  their  mettle  at  Cantigny  in 
June,  also,  where  for  the  first  time  they  undertook  an  opera- 
tion alone  and  proved  that  the  triumphant  German  armies  had 
been  overrated.  War  dispatches  were  full  of  glowing  ac- 
counts of  what  our  men  were  doing  and  the  88th  chafed  at 
the  delay  in  getting  into  the  fray.  There  was  yet  no  intima- 
tion that  the  end  was  so  near,  however,  and  no  one  dared 
predict  less  than  another  year  of  bloody  fighting. 

The  successes  of  the  German  arms  had  been  so  signal, 
however,  that  their  ardor  was  not  dampened  by  the  July  re- 
verses, nor  did  the  Allies  entertain  hopes  of  easy  conquest. 
Their  cry  had  gone  out  for  "Men,  and  more  men!"  to  Amer- 
ica, and  they  were  being  rushed  across  the  Atlantic  in  numbers 
which  had  been  believed  impossible  by  any  military  man  be- 
fore. It  was  a  confident  and  jubilant  foe  that  awaited  the 
arrival  of  the  88th  Div.  as  it  set  sail  on  the  Steamships  Olym- 
pic, Delta,  Ascanius,  Phens,  Kashmir,  Messanabic,  Ulysses, 
City  of  Exeter,  Saxon,  Scotia,  Vedic,  Demosthenes  (from 
Quebec  with  Division  Headquarters),  Bohemia  and  Empress 
of  Britain,  carrying  the  infantry.  The  ships  which  transported 
the  artillery  are  given  in  the  Division  chronology. 

This  was  the  parting  of  the  ways  for  the  infantry  and  ar- 
tillery branches  of  the  88th.     The  artillery  went  to  training 


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grounds  and  never  rejoined  the  Division  after  reaching 
France,  but,  it  was  understood,  was  to  have  appeared  soon  in 
the  2d  Army  area  before  Metz  where  the  infantry  was  operat- 
ing had  not  the  armistice  intervened.  The  story  of  the  artil- 
lery is  continued  in  later  chapters. 

III. 

The  Arrival  at  Semur 

It  was  a  bright,  sultry  day,  Aug.  20,  1918 — one  of  those 
days  seldom  seen  by  any  member  of  the  88th  Div.,  that  jus- 
tifies the  term  "Sunny  France."  It  was  noon,  and  the  pic- 
turesque town  of  Semur  in  Cote  d'Or  Department  lay  asleep, 
with  shops  closed,  as  every  one  partook  of  dejeuner  from  12 
to  2  P.  M.,  or  from  12  to  14  o'clock,  as  it  would  be  put  there. 
Not  even  a  dog  was  in  sight.  (And  that,  it  will  be  recalled, 
is  saying  something.) 

An  automobile  dashed  into  the  Place  de  l'Ancien  Come- 
die.  Three  American  officers  jumped  out  and  were  greeted 
by  two  French  officers  who  emerged  from  a  building.  The 
parties  disappeared  inside  at  the  invitation  of  the  Frenchmen 
to  join  their  noon  mess,  and  all  was  dead  quiet  again,  except 
for  a  French  orderly  who  went  shuffling  across  the  square 
in  the  direction  of  the  "Marie,"  or  City  Hall. 

Suddenly,  just  as  the  officers  were  concluding  their  repast, 
there  arose  a  commotion.  An  important-looking  man  in  blue- 
and-gold  cap  appeared  in  the  square  with  a  drum  and  began 
to  violate  the  silence  with  the  crash  of  the  long  roll,  ending 
with  a  flourish.  Dogs  barked  and  ran  about;  people  threw 
open  their  shutters  to  see  and  listen  as  the  'drummer,  com- 
pleting his  alarum,  began  to  read.  Small  boys  (they  are  as 
inevitable  there  as  here)  gathered  about,  and  there  was  a  cry 
and  to-do. 

"Les  Americains  !    Les  Americains  !*' 

The  long-awaited  Americans,  the  wonderful  Americans 
of  whom  they  had  heard  so  much,  were  coming  at  last ! 

In  an  incredibly  short  time  flags  draped  becomingly  from 
windows  (they  "drape  becomingly"  in  France,  be  it  buildings 
or  mademoiselles)  and  the  padre,  who  was  also  the  editor, 
nailed  up  a  sign  over  his  sanctum,  "Welcome."  He  was  the 
only  native  who  knew  English  and  with  the  help  of  some  ar- 
tists from  Paris,  refugees  from  the  "Big  Bertha"  and  Gotha 
attacks,  had  spelled  out  the  sign.  Within  an  hour  a  stream 
of  people  in  their  Sunday  best  were  wending  the  Avenue  de 
la  Gare  to  meet  the  14:10  train  when  it  should  come  laboring 
up  the  grade  from  Les  Laumes  at  IS  o'clock. 

A  few  minutes  after  3  a  parade  might  have  been  seen  mak- 
ing its  way  back  from  the  station.  At  its  head  marched  Brig. 
Gen.  W.  D.  Beach.  The  others  with  him  ivere  Lt.  Col.  J. 
DeCamp  Hall,  350th  Inf.,  Capt.  E.  J.  D.  Larson,  Minneapolis, 
Div.  Hq.,  which  two  were  in  the  automobile  that  had  arrived 
with  the  news  in  advance;  Majors  (Lt.  Col.)  Frank  Fields, 
Q.  M.  C,  Hans  Hanson,  M.  C,  Logan,  la,  T.  B.  Maghee,  U. 
S.  A.,  and  Alexander  Wilson,  3S2d  Inf.,  Farmington,  Mo. ; 
Captains  H.  G.  Carpenter,  351st  Inf.,  Fargo,  N.  D.,  Floyd  An- 
drews, 352d  Inf.,  Minneapolis,  Donald  Hunter,  350th  Inf.,  and 
John  Pirie,  349th  Inf.,  Minneapolis,  Lieutenants  Harold  Kraft, 
349th  Inf.,  Ben  H.  Johnson,  351st  Inf.,  Russel  Bennet,  163d 
F.  A.  Brig.,  Miller  Davis/  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  Morton  Hiller, 
Omaha,  Neb.,  Div.  Hq.,  W.  D.  Darrow,  Cresco,  la.,  Div.  Hq, 
S.  H.  Moise,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Div.  Hq..  L.  R.  Fairall,  Des 
Moines,  la.,  350th  Inf.,  R.  S.  Decker,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Div. 
Hq.,  M.  H.  Latendresse,  Red  Lake  Falls,  Minn.,  Div.  Hq., 
E.  D.  Flynn,  Union,  S.  C,  Div.  Hq.,  M.  H.  Miller,  Ottumwa, 
la.,  Div.  Hq.,  W.  I.  Carpenter,  Minneapolis,  Div.  Hq.,  and 
R.  S.  Hoyt,  New  Sharon,  la.,  176th  Inf.  Brig;  Bn.  Sgt.  Maj. 
John  W.  Sundberg,  Brainerd,  Minn.,  Hq.  Detch. ;  Corp.  Ar- 
thur Ruedi,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Hq.  Detch. ;  Sgt.  Paul  Syrus,  El 
Paso,  Tex.,  Hq.  Tp.,  and  Privates  Clyde  D.  Shipley,  Chicago, 
111.,  Hq.  Tp. ;  E.  C.  Kisky,  Des  Moines,  la.,  Hq.  Tp. ;  Archie 
Emerson,  Fancy  Farm,  Ky.,  Hq.  Co.,  352d  Inf.;  William  E. 
Sperry,  Earl,  N.  D.,  Hq.  Co.,  350th  Inf.;  Harry  E.  Veith, 
Oakland,  la'.,  Co.  B.,  349th  Inf. ;  Raymond  H.  Cardon,  Logan, 
Utah,  Hq.  Co.,  351st  Inf.;  Otho  Peterson,  Hq.  Detch.,  163 
Inf.  Brig.;  Harley  K.  Turner,  Loraine,  111.,  Hq.  Co.,  350th 
Inf. ;  Joseph  Murray,  Hq.  Co.,  352d  Inf. ;  Fillmore  T.  Nelson, 
Cokato,  Minn.,  Hq.  Co.,  349th  Inf. ;  Ernest  S.  McFetridge, 
Hq.  Co.,  338th  F.  A. ;    Adrian  E.  Pouliot,  Damar,  Kans.,  Hq. 


Co.,  351st  Inf. ;  Harold  A.  Campbell,  St.  Cloud,  Minn.,  Hq. 
Co.,  352d  Inf. ;  Elmer  L.  Moore,  Gilman,  la.,  Hq.  Co.,  350th 
Inf. ;  George  Goldman,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Hq.  Co.,  349th  Inf. ; 
Melvin  G.  Settles,  Rushville,  111.,  Hq.  Co.,  349th  Inf.;  Frank 
McGuire,  Hq.  Co.,  337th  F.  A. ;  Milton  G.  Dubois,  Sioux 
Rapids,  la.,  Co.  C.  351st  Inf.;  Veit  Brownfield,  Pilot  Grove, 
Mo.,  Co.  H,  351st  Inf.;  Clinton  Barnhouse,  Hq.  Co.,  351st 
Inf.;  Dalton  H.  Gnagey,  Hq.  Co.,  350th  Inf.;  Oscar  W.  Shin- 
dal,  Merrill,  la.,  Hq.  Co.,  352d  Inf.,  Sam  P.  Hunt,  Miltonvale, 
Kans.,  Hq.  Co.,  352d  Inf. ;  and  Arnold  K.  Malhum,  Dawson, 
Minn.,  Hq.  Det.,  176th  Inf.  Brig. 

The  88th  Div.  had  arrived  at  its  first  headquarters  in 
France  at  last ! 

Semur  is  located  in  a  charming  country  on  a  branch  road 
running  from  Les  Laumes  on  the  main  line  from  Paris  to 
Marseilles,  a  section  full  of  historic  interest  since  the  days  of 
Caesar.  This  section  had  not  yet  been  occupied  by  troops  and 
presented  no  signs  of  war,  except  hospitals  where  French 
"poilus"  lounged,  many  of  them  pitifully  maimed. 

Under  the  French  law  the  public  is  obliged  to  take  in  sol- 
diers in  their  buildings  to  the  extent  of  their  capacity,  and 
the  nation  is  divided  into  "billeting  zones"  in  charge  of  zone 
majors.  Not  all  of  France  was  "organized"  to  hold  troops, 
but  areas  were  added  as  needed.  To  organize  an  area,  the 
zone  major  or  his  staff  would  visit  each  village  (practically 
all  the  houses  are  in  groups  of  villages),  estimate  the  number 
of  horses  and  men  each  home  can  accommodate,  and  the  num- 
ber of  rooms  with  beds  where  officers  can  be  billeted.  The 
figures  are  then  stencilled  in  paint  on  the  front  door  post.  A 
number  also  is  given  the  house  and  stencilled  on,  then  a  street 
map  is  made  noting  each  building,  and  a  list  giving  the  bil- 
leting locations  and  capacity,  called  a  "dozier."  A  copy  of  the 
dozier  is  kept  by  the  town  mayor,  so  that  when  troops  show 
up  to  be  billeted,  they  can  go  direct  to  the  mayor  (if  there  is 
not  a  "town  major"  as  assistant  to  the  zone  major)  and  get 
the  list  of  billets. 

The  Semur  area  was  net  quite  ready  when  the  88th  Div. 
began  to  arrive,  but  the'  people  were  so  glad  to  get  troops 
there,  especially  Americans,  whose  prowess  at  Belleau  Wood, 
Chateau  Thierry  and  Cantigny  had  filled  them  with  love  and 
admiration,  but  there  was  no  trouble  whatever.  The  welcome 
given  the  men  was  touching,  in  many  cases  the  villagers  meet- 
ing the  marchers  with  pails  of  wine  as  they  approached,  and 
champagne  was  opened  to  show  their  appreciation. 

This  experience  for  the  boys  fresh  from  narrow  scenes  at 
home  was  wonderful,  but  the  experience  with  wine  was  not 
always  pleasant.  As  a  rule  they  did  not  like  the  taste  of  it, 
but  they  also  feared  to  give  offense  to  the  kindly  people  by 
refusing.  It  was  quite  'unthinkable  to  the  peasant  folk  that 
there  should  be  a  race  of  people  who  did  not  drink  wine. 
With  them  wine  was  the  universal  drink  in  place  of  water  and 
had  been  for  centuries,  and  it  was  the  only  thing  they  had  in 
their  plain,  stone  houses  to  offer  as  a  good-will  offering.  More 
than  one  doughboy  marched  unsteadily  into  his  first  French 
billet  because  of  this  excessive  hospitality,  and  the  French  soon 
learned  that  "the  Americans  can't  drink." 

Becomes  "A.  P.  O.  No.  795" 

The  Division  was  here  assigned  its  postoffice  and  became 
A.  P.  O.  795,  and  came  into  contact  with  the  strict  censorship 
rules.  It  was  against  regulations  to  give  the  names  of  towns 
in  letters,  and  the  A.  P.  O.  number  sufficed  in  addressing  let- 
ters to  the  soldiers.  Soldiers  could  mail  letters  free  by  sim- 
ply writing  "Soldier's  letter"  in  the  upper  right  hand  corner, 
but  before  sealing  he  had  to  take  it  to  an  officer  to  be  read. 
The  officer  would  put  his  O.  K.  and  signature  at  the  bottom 
of  the  letter  and  on  the  outside  .of  the  envelope.  Only  mail 
thus  censored  and  marked  could  go  through  the  postoffice. 

This  censorship  of  American  letters  continued  until  July 
1,  1919,  and  all  mail  whether  O.  K.'d  or  not  was  subject  to 
being  opened  en  route.  The  agents  of  the  enemy  were  every- 
where, saturating  both  armies  and  civil  populations,  and  con- 
stant vigilance  was  necessary  to  prevent  information  from 
getting  through. 

Other  innovations  coming  into  force  with  the  arrival  in 
France  was  the  adoption  of  the  designations  "G-l,''  "G-2," 
etc.,  for  the  assistant  chiefs  of  staff  at  Division  Headquarters, 
after  the  system  in  the  British  army.  Khaki  uniforms  and 
campaign  hats  were  not  taken  along  to  France. 


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Memoirs  of  France 


Army  pay  now  increased  10  per  cent  for  foreign  service. 
The  private  soldier  now  received  $33  a  month.  In  an  earlier 
period  a  private's  home  pay  was  $15  per  month  but  legislation 
doubled  the  rate.  French  money  exchange  at  first  was  6.45 
francs  to  the  dollar  (normal  slightly  less  than  five  francs) 
and  the  soldiers  were  paid  in  francs.  Before  the  Division 
went  home  the  rate  was  to  approximate  seven  francs. 

Commissioned  officers  had  the  opportunity  here  of  getting 
accustomed  to  the  new  "harness,"  the  Sam  Browne  belt,  and 
while  some  liked  the  innovation  many  found  it  an  incum- 
brance, a  nuisance  and  useless  millinery.  This  was  the  second 
change  in  the  American  officers'  uniform,  the  first  being  that 
of  gold  shoulder  bars  to  distinguish  second  lieutenants. 
Sweeping  changes  in  the  whole  American  uniform  were  due 
when  hostilities  ceased. 

Training  Is  Resumed 

During  the  next  three  weeks  the  various  units  of  the  in- 
fantry caught  up  with  the  others,  except  the  313th  Ammuni- 
tion Train,  which  did  not  join  the  Division  until  it  reached 
the  front.  Intensive  training  was  at  once  resumed  where  it 
had  been  left  off,  continuing  until  the  Division  started  to 
move  to  Alsace  Sept.  14.  The  orders  were  to  go  to  Bel  fort 
and  Major  (Col.)  C.  L.  Eastman  and  Lt.  E.  D.  Flynn  were 
sent  ahead,  each  speaking  French  with  facility. 

Before  leaving  for  the  more  advanced  zone  the  Division 
had  to  be  stripped  of  every  surplus  impediment.  Officers  were 
ordered  to  cut  baggage  down  to  bedroll  and  hand  baggage. 
Trunk  lockers  were  collected  at  the  railhead,  Merigny,  and  left 
under  guard.  Later  they  were  sent  to  the  great  American 
warehouses  at  Gievres,  where  they  were  to  be  obtained  after 
the  close  of  hostilities.  Many  instances  of  lost  or  stolen  bag- 
gage arose,  and  it  was  found  that  thefts  were  carried  on 
systematically. 

The  first  train  of  troops  left  Les  Laumes  Sept.  14,  an- 
other following  every  six  hours.  It  expected  to  go  to  Belfort, 
but  in  the  night  the  two  advance  officers  intercepted  the  train 
at  Besancon  with  changed  orders.  The  Division  was  to  go  to 
Hericourt  (Haute  Saone),  which  adjoins  Belfort  on  the 
south. 

Hericourt  was  reached  at  5  A.  M.,  Sunday.  The  cold 
was  unpleasant  and  the  men's  overcoats  had  been  taken  from 
them  on  landing  in  France.  The  arrival  in  Hericourt  was  a 
surprise  to  the  French  and  the  acting  town  major  was  routed 
out  of  bed.  He  had  a  copy  of  a  dozier,  but  after  a  few  hours 
of  attempting  to  billet  troops  this  was  found  to  be  hopelessly 
obsolete.  With  another  troop  train  almost  due,  the  Americans 
had  to  re-canvass  the  town.    There  was  no  zone  major. 

The  situation  was  saved  in  Her"icourt  by  dint  of  quick 
work.  Out  through  the  area  it  was  different,  however.  The 
allotment  of  units  to  villages  which  had  been  arranged  by 
French  headquarters  with  Major  Eastman,  was  quite  without 
regard  to  the  capacity  of  some  of  the  towns.  Certain  machine 
gun  companies  were  the  worst  sufferers.  One  of  Colonel 
O'Loughlin's  battalions  was  crowded  out  on  the  fields  in  pup 
tents  for  several  nights,  and,  as  all  but  one  blanket  had  been 
turned  in  at  the  coast  along  with  the  overcoats,  the  men  suf- 
fered keenly  in  the  foggy,  raw  nights.  The  same  was  true 
with  the  men  who  detrained  at  Hericourt  at  night  and  lay 
down  on  the  soaked  sward  to  await  daylight  and  a  guide  to 
take  them  to  their  village. 

Another  factor  which  contributed  much  to  the  lowering  of 
tone  among  the  men  was  the  difficulty  of  getting  cooked  food 
the  first  days.  Field  kitchens  had  been  left  behind  in  the  Unit- 
ed States  on  orders  and  it  was  necessary  to  improvise  con- 
trivances to  provide  hot  rations. 

These  circumstances  are  mentioned  not  because  the  men 
ever  complained.  Far  from  it.  A  more  patient,  willing  and 
determined  set  of  men  could  not  have  been  found  than  the 
18,000-odd  who  made  up  the  88th  Div.  as  it  prepared  for  the 
final  stage  into  the  trenches.  But  mention  is  made  of  these 
things  because  of  their  possible  bearing  on  the  unfortunate 
epidemic  which  ravaged  the  organization  shortly  after  it  reach- 
ed the  Hericourt  and  continued  into  October.  Spanish  In- 
fluenza was  the  name  given  to  the  malady  which  was  then 
sweeping  the  United  States  and  which  took  a  heavy  toll  in  the 
88th  in  France.  Our  division  was  said  to  have  been  the  heavi- 
est loser  from  this  scourge  of  any  American  division  in 
France- 


About  500  men  died  within  a  brief  period,  as  many  as  80 
in  a  day,  and  whole  companies  were  paralyzed  at  times.  Hos- 
pital facilities  were  almost  nil  for  the  sufferers  and  there  was 
little  that  could  be  done  for  them.  The  French  artillery  bar- 
racks at  Hericourt  were  being  used  as  a  hospital  but  at  best 
the  cold,  damp  stone  buildings  with  no  heat  were  no  place  for 
treating  this  class  of  patients,  who  needed  mainly  warmth  and 
quiet.  The  supply  of  nurses  also  was  small,  and  the  brave 
French  girls  undertook  to  care  for  the  added  burden,  although 
already  overworked. 

The  29th  American  Division  was  at  that  time  occupying 
the  front  line  sector  later  to  be  taken  over  by  the  88th,  and 
had  suffered  severely  in  a  gas  attack.  Gas  victims  had  been 
rushed  to  the  Hericourt  hospital  so  that  not  only  was  it 
crowded  but  the  attendants  had  more  than  they  could  attend 
to.  The  nurses  did  more  than  double  duty  and  one  paid  for 
her  devotion  to  the  American  sick  by  herself  contracting  the 
influenza,  and  died.  General  Beach  made  it  a  point  to  be  one 
of  those  to  pay  tribute  to  this  French  girl  by  attending  her 
funeral. 

At  first  American  and  French  soldier  dead  were  taken  to 
the  city  cemetery  and  buried  in  a  long  row  outside  the  wall 
as  there  was  not  room  inside.  However,  the  ground  was  very 
stony  and  difficult  to  dig  for  so  large  a  number  of  daily  fu- 
nerals. A  new  plot  was  laid  out  south  of  the  city,  and  there 
338  Americans  now  sleep,  most  of  them  of  the  88th.  About 
90  are  buried  beside  the  city  cemetery  wall.  After  the  Division 
had  started  home  in  May,  1919,  the  writer,  who  remained  in 
France  until  August,  went  from  Le  Mans,  where  he  was  sta- 
tioned, to  Hericourt  and  held  Memorial  Day  exercises.  The 
47th  French  Art.  was  then  back  at  its  old  Hericourt  barracks 
and  Colonel  Despres,  Lieut.  Colonel  Schmidt  and  Command- 
ants Masson,  Astier  and  Delerot,  together  with  a  considerable 
detachment  of  other  officers  and  a  squad  of  buglers,  attended. 
The  townspeople  also  turned  out  in  large  numbers,  and  the 
promise  was  given  that  the  graves  of  the  Americans  would  be 
cared  for  as  long  as  they  remained. 

French  Feel  Sacrifice 

The  people  of  Hericourt,  although  showing  a  distinct 
Teutonic  strain  at  times  so  close  to  the  Alsatian  border,  seem- 
ed to  feel  keenly  the  sacrifice  made  by  the  boys  from  faraway 
America  in  coming  to  France  and  thus  giving  their  lives.  In 
those  days  of  feverish  training  there  was  no  time  for  the  sol- 
diers to  attend  funerals  and  the  corteges  were  composed  main- 
ly of  French  women.  They  wished  to  show  their  appreciation 
and  to  represent  the  absent  mothers. 

"They  died  for  us,"  was  a  remark  heard  more  than  once. 

It  was  in  this  area  that  the  men  got  their  first  actual  con- 
tact with  the  war.  Here  they  saw  anti-aircraft  guns  putting 
white  or  black  puffs  of  smoke  in  aerial  barrages  in  efforts  to 
bring  down  enemy  airplanes.  For  the  first  time  they  heard 
the  sound  of  exploding  bombs  dropped  by  air  raiders  and  felt 
some  of  the  thrill  of  danger.  At  Belfort  a  company  of  the 
352d  Inf.  was  engaged  in  unloading  supples  at  the  railroad 
when  a  bomb  from  the  air  played  havoc  with  the  boxes  and 
packages.  Civilians  at  once  pounced  on  the  supplies,  disre- 
garding danger  in  their  eagerness  to  obtain  food,  while  the 
soldiers  were  absent  in  the  bomb  proofs   ("caves"). 

Records  at  G.  H.  Q.,  Chaumont,  gave  the  occupation  of 
the  front  line  in  Alsace  by  the  88th  Div.  as  beginning  Oct. 
12,  1918,  but  detachments  of  the  Division  began  to  move  into 
the  line  as  early  as  Sept.  23,  two  officers  and  100  men  from 
each  of  four  battalions  that  were  to  go  into  the  trenches  first. 
The  Division  proper  moved  into  the  Center  Haute  Alsace 
Sector  ("Belfort  Gap")  in  two  stages  on  the  nights  of  Sat- 
urday and  Sunday,  Oct.  5  and  6,  to  relieve  the  38th  French 
Inf.    Command  did  not  pass  completely,  however,  until  Oct.  12. 

Before  leaving  the  Hericourt  area  the  Division  received 
its  issue  of  steel  trench  helmets  and  gas  masks,  the  lack  of 
which  had  prevented  its  entering  the  line  earlier.  But  of 
transportation  there  was  practically  none  (three  horses,  was 
an  official  estimate).  Some  organizations  hired  animals  and 
vehicles  from  peasants  out  of  personal  or  company  funds,  but 
it  was  a  hard  march  the  men  made  those  two  nights.  Some 
of  the  men's  packs  weighed  more  than  100  pounds. 

As  on  the  previous  move,  the  towns  for  billeting  the 
troops  were  assigned  by  the  French  and,  as  on  the  former 
occasion,  capacity  and  numbers   did  not  always  agree.     One 


And  the  88th  Division 


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battalion  of  the  352d  Regt.  suffered  when  it  reached  Fonta- 
nelle,  which  was  given  as  a  crossroads  village  on  the  map, 
but  which  was  not  given  on  the  billeting  lists.  It  was  found 
that  the  few  houses  and  barns  would  scarcely  hold  one  com- 
pany comfortably.  The  companies  spent  the  cold  night  on  the 
ground.  The  next  day  Colonel  Hawkins  and  the  writer,  who 
was  division  billeting  officer,  scouted  around  and  found  empty 
barracks  at  Ft.  Chevremont,  and  after  dusk  enough  companies 
were  moved  back  to  give  shelter  for  all.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
the  move  should  not  have  been  made  at  all,  but  Colonel  Haw- 
kins said  the  change  in  the  orders  was  not  received  in  time 
to  halt  it. 

IV. 

The  Trenches  at  Last 

So  finally  the  88th  Div.  was  in  the  trenches ! 
But  it  was  something  of  a  disappointment.  Here  were 
none  of  the  neat,  precise  trenches,  with  parados  and  slopes 
according  to  exact  measurement,  as  insisted  upon  by  the  in- 
structors. Instead,  there  were  apparently  haphazard  ruts  and 
ditches,  often  caved  in,  shallow,  unkempt,  ill-drained  and 
muddy — altogether  mean.  Stretches  and  patches  of  barbed 
wire  ran  here  and  there  without  apparent  plan.  Nothing 
heroic,  indeed,  about  crawling  around  in  such  surroundings. 
Nor  were  the  sounds  usually  connected  with  war  and  bat- 
tle present.-  Silence  was  the  dominant  feature— silence  and 
cold  and  dampness  and  discomfort.  The  men  were  to  learn 
that  the  pyrotechnics  of  hell  itself  were  there,  however,  all 
around  them,  and  could  and  did  break  out  on  occasion,  but 
that  normally  they  were  held  in  leash.  The  sector  was  one 
that  had  not  seen  much  activity  since  the  early  days  of  the 
war,  when  the  centers  of  fiercest  battle  moved  rather  to  the 
west,  between  Verdun  and  the  Channel.  Both  sides  used  the 
Alsace  country  more  as  a  training  area,  but  the  facilities  for 
"starting  something"  were  kept  on  hand  for  emergency  and  oc- 
casional use:  Old,  abandoned  trenches  and  wire  ran  promiscu- 
ously about,  and  old  shell  holes  were  beginning  to  fill  with 
grass  and  debris. 

The  350th  and  351st  Regiments  did  the  first  tour  of  duty 
in  the  line,  two  battalions  at  a  time.  The  175th  Brig,  held  the 
north  half  or  sub-sector  of  the  15-mile  front  and  the  176th 
Brig,  the  south  half. 

Division  Headquarters  P.  C.  was  at  Montreux  Chateau, 
with  the  administrative  branch  in  an  old,  abandoned  mill  at 
Novillard  a  short  distance  away.  The  quartermaster  echelon 
was  at  Fontaine,  the  railhead. 

Four  brushes  with  the  enemy  mainly  punctuated  the  stay 
of  the  Division  in  line,  on  Oct.  12,  14,  18  and  31,  although 
bombardments,  raids  and  patrols  were  indulged  in  at  other 
times  as  well.  The  reader  is  referred  to  the  chapter  of  per- 
sonal narratives  for  the  story  of  these  encounters,  and  at 
this  time  the  stay  of  the  Division  in  Haute  Alsace  will  be 
covered  simply  by  quoting  an  official  report.  The  fight  of 
the  night  of  Oct.  12-13  occurred  as  the  result  of  an  "Ordre 
d'Occupation"  of  the  "chef  de  battalion  du  65me  Battalion, 
Chasseurs, a  Pied,"  and  38th  (French)  and  VII  Army  order. 
The  report  said : 

"Two  reconnaissance  parties  of  the  1st  Bn.,  350th  Inf., 
covered  by  two  platoons  of  the  same  battalion,  were  laying 
out  the  line  for  working  parties  to  join  our  trench  south  of 
Ammertzwiller  across  No  Man's  Land  to  German  trench. 

"At  20  hours  our  patrols  in  front  encountered  the  enemy 
and  called  for  an  artillery  barrage.  At  20:05  hours  our  ar- 
tillery laid  a  barrage  across  the  battalion  front  on  a  line  ap- 
proximately from  Holzberg  wood  to  88.73  on  the  Balschwil- 
ler-Enschingen  road.  About  four  minutes  the  German  artil- 
lery laid  down  two  barrages,  one  on  the  town  of  Balsch wilier 
from  76.68  on  line  extending  parallel  to  our  front  line,  ex- 
tending to  Holzberg  -wood;  the  other  from  74.65  extending 
along  Balschwiller-Burnhaupt  road.  During  these  two  bar- 
rages our  artillery  was  shelled.  The  two  platoons  were  caught 
between  the  German  barrage  and  our  own.  All  the  Americans 
in  these  platoons  returned  safely  when  the  barrage  lifted. 

Caught  In  German  Barrage 

"The  first  reconnoitering  party  was  caught  by  the  Ger- 
man barrage  and  took  cover ;    this  party  was  surrounded  by 


Germans  and  the  captain  in  charge,  four  sergeants  and  one 
private  were  captured.  The  second  party  encountered  Ger- 
mans and  the  captain  in  charge  and  one  private  were  captured. 
"Company  F  in  Balschwiller  was  caught  by  the  German 
barrage  and  the  commanding  officer  severely  wounded,  to- 
gether with  two  men  of  the  company  killed  and  eleven 
wounded. 

"Company  D,  338th  Machine  Gun  Bn.,  had  one  section 
near  84.63  which  was  caught  by  the  barrage,  killing  two  men 
and  injuring  three.  One  of  the  men  that  was  killed  was 
asphyxiated  by  gas  when  his  mask  was  torn  from  his  face 
by  shrapnel." 

The  following  of  the  350th  Inf.  received   the  Croix  de 
Guerre  with  silver  star  for  participation  in  this  action : 
Corporal  Richard  Franta,  Co.  D.,  Crete,  Neb. 
Private  Ernest  Nierman,  Co.  G,  Mansfield,  S.  D. 
Sergeant  Burdick  Poliett,  Co.  G,  Carlinville,  111. 
Sergeant  Arthur  Gude,  Co.  G,  1004  23d  St.,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa. 

Lieutenant  Oscar  Nelson,  Co.  E,  Windom,  Minn. 
The    following    received    Divisional    Citations    for    their 
participation  in  this  action  : 

Private  1st  Class  Leonard  Harrison  Ross,  Hq.  Co.,  351st 
Inf.,  Rago,  Kans. 

Sergeant  Boyd  Mael,  Co.  K,  351st  Inf.,  Cincinnati,  Iowa. 
First  Lieutenant  Edgar  Campbell,  Co.  H,  350th  Inf.,  506 
Lyon  St.,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Second  Lieutenant  William  H.  Nourse,  Co.  H,  350th  Inf., 
46  Cottage  St.,  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 

Second  Lieutenant  Stanley  J.  O'Connor,  Co.  H,  350th  Inf., 
St.  Thomas,  N.  D. 

Mechanic  George  W.  Hinchcliffe,  Co.  H,  350th  Inf.,  Straf- 
ford, Mo.,  R.  4. 

Private  1st  Class  Harvey  M.  Dorris,  Co.  H,  350th  Inf., 
Hayti,  Mo. 

Corporal  Horace  A.  Love,  Co.  H,  350th  Inf.,  Manson,  la. 
Corporal  Clarence  O.  Sullivan,  Co.  H,  350th  Inf.,  Hercu- 
lane,  Mo. 

Second  Lieutenant  Raymond  L.  Abel,  Co.  G,  350th  Inf., 
Wrightsville,  Pa. 

Sergeant  John  Aschemann,  Co.  G,  350th  Inf.,  Quincy,  111. 
Private  1st  Class  Lester  Clark,  Co.  G,  350th  Inf.,  Platts- 
mouth,  Neb. 

Captain  Peter  V.  Brethorst,  350th  Inf.,  (Posthumous  ci- 
tation), Lennix,  S.  D. 

First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Prichard,  Co.  D,  338th  Ma- 
chine Gun  Bn.,  Onawa,  la. 

Sergeant  Bernard  Flannery,  Co.  D,  338th  Machine  Gun 
Bn.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Sergeant  Morris  I.  McKenna,  Co.  D,  338th  Machine  Gun 
Bn..  Riverside,  Calif. 

"On  the  following  night,  13-14  October,  acting  under  Field 
Orders  38th  Division  (French)  based  on  French  VII  Army 
Order,  Franco-American  troops,  moved  forward  at  20  hours 
30  minutes  and  occupied  Ammertzwiller,"  the  report  con- 
tinued. "Two  working  parties  of  100  men  were  sent  forward 
to  do  the  work  of  consolidation,  communication  trenches  to 
be  dug  from  points  84.76-81.74  and  74.81  to  78.84.  Intermit- 
tent artillery  fire  throughout  the  night  impeded  the  work  and 
the  working  parties  returned  at  4  hours,  14  October.  The 
two  sections  in  advance  remained  in  the  new  line  of  observa- 
tion. From  6  hours  50  minutes  to  9  hours  30  minutes  the 
French  artillery  laid  down  a  barrage  east  of  Ammertzwiller 
to  protect  the  party  then  occupying  that  village.  The  French 
officer  commanding  the  troops,  thinking  it  inexpedient  to  en- 
deavor to  hold  the  new  positions,  ordered  them  to  withdraw  to 
their  original  position,  abandoning  their  outposts.  Later,  all  of 
those  returned  but  one  American,  who  was  missing.  One 
German  was  taken  prisoner." 

Receive  Croix  de  Guerre 

The  following  received  the  French  Croix  de  Guerre  with 
the  silver  star  for  participation  in  this  action: 

Lieutenant  Lowell  Forbes,  Co.  D,  350th  Inf.,  Scranton,  la. 

The  Croix  de  Guerre  with  bronze  star  was  received  by 
Private  Emmanuel  Hauff,  Co.  D,  350th  Inf.,  Kulm,  N.  D. 

The  following  received  Division  Citations  for  participa- 
tion in  this  acton  : 


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Memoirs  of  France 


Private  1st  Class  Charles  A.  Lyons,  Co.  D,  350th  Inf., 
Horton,  Kan. 

Private  Lewis  R.  Eads,  Co.  D,  350th  Inf.,  Vienna,  Mo, 

Private  Jacob  A.  Hoover,  Co.  D,  350th  Inf.,  Coffey,  Mo. 

Private  Joseph  O.  Horton,  Co.  D,  350th  Inf.,  Plattons- 
burg,  Mo. 

"Raid  of  Schonholz— 18  Oct.,  1918.— At  11:05  o'clock  a 
sergeant  saw  three  Boche  about  40  yards  in  front  of  Post 
57B,"  the  report  reads.  "When  he  gave  the  alarm  the  Boche 
threw  potato-masher  grenades  and  opened  fire  with  rifle 
grenades.  The  Americans  opened  fire  and  one  German  was 
seen  to  fall.  His  body  was  not  located.  The  enemy  artillery 
put  down  a  box  barrage  after  the  Germans  had  commenced 
their  withdrawal.  The  raid  lasted  about  twenty  minutes.  The 
strength  of  the  raiding  party  is  not  known.  Our  casualties 
were  one  man  killed  and  two  slightly  wounded. 

"Raid  of  Schonholz  Woods— 31  October,  1918.  At  8:57 
o'clock  a  heavy  destructive  barrage  was  laid  down  in  our 
front  line  trenches  in  Schonholz  Woods  from  Post  51  (85.64) 
to  Post  57A  (12.52)  entirely  destroying  the  trenches.  Imme- 
diately after  the  barrage  was  lifted  an  enemy  raiding  party  of 
about  49  attacked  57A  with  grenades  and  revolver  fire.  Two 
Boche  were  killed  and  one  wounded  taken  prisoner,  who  died 
later.  The  enemy  succeeded  in  passing  our  front  line  but  was 
quickly  repulsed.  Our  casualties  were:  2  men  killed,  1  officer 
wounded  and  6  men  wounded." 

The  following  received  Division  Citations  for  participa- 
tion in  this  action : 

Private  Harold  H.  Crosby.  Co.  I,  352d  Inf.,  Rolla,  N.  D. 

Sergeant  Hans  Johnson,  Co.  I,  352d  Inf.,  Menno,  S.  D. 

Private  1st  Class  John  Zehreri,  Jr.,  Co.  L,  352d  Inf.. 
Breckenridge,  Minn. 

Second  Lieutenant  Donald  C.  Elder,  Co.  L,  352d  Inf.,  De 
Witt,  la. 

"The  relations  that  prevailed  between  the  French  and 
American  units  were  at  all  times  extremely  harmonious,"  con- 
cluded the  report.  "There  was  no  difference  noted  in  the  rel- 
ative importance  of  the  part  played  by  the  American  units  as 
compared  with  that  of  the  foreign  units  in  the  small  actions 
that  were  engaged  in  while  the  French  and  American  units 
operated  together. 

"The  French  troops  with  which  the  Division  served  were 
from  the  38th  Division,  which  had  had  four  years  of  expe- 
rience in  the  war.  These  men  were  colonial  troops  and 
particularly  well-trained,  especially  in  trench  warfare.  It  is 
believed  that  the  American  troops  were  their  equal  in  dis- 
cipline and  attention  to  duty,  although  not  so  well  trained. 
The  French  troops  were  not  so  well  disciplined  in  gas  defense 
as  were  the  American  troops. 

Differences  Negligible 

"A  point  was  made  to  have  a  great  many  interpreters  on 
duty  with  both  headquarters  and  the  difficulties  that  arose 
due  to  differences  in  language  were  negligible." 

Another  report  on  this  period  read  in  part : 

"On  the  night  of  Oct.  12,  1918,  two  working  parties  were 
sent  out  from  the  350th  Inf.  under  command  of  Captain  Saf- 
ford  and  Captain  House,  respectively,  their  mission  being  to 
connect  the  advance  line  with  the  first  German  trench  at  Am- 
mertzwiller.  These  two  detachments  were  each  to  be  pro- 
tected by  French  covering  detachments.  These  were  provided 
by  reconnaissance  parties  which  included  a  number  of  officers 
and  N.  C.  O.'s.  It  was  reported  that  these  covering  parties 
were  late  in  arriving  and  the  reconnaissance  parties  were  cut 
off  by  a  minnewerfer  barrage  in  advance  of  our  front  lines. 
This  was  at  19  hours.  At  the  same  time  our  own  French 
barrage  opened  and  the  reconnaissance  party  took  shelter  in 
old  shell  holes  and  dugouts.  When  the  German  barrage  mov- 
ed back  they  were  attacked  by  a  Boche  raiding  party  which 
followed  its  own  barrage.  The  entire  party  were  taken  cap- 
tives with  the  exception  of  one  French  lieutenant,  one  M.  G. 
officer  and  one  second  lieutenant  of  the  2nd  Bn. 

"The  working  party  in  which  Captain  Brethorst  and  sev- 
eral of  his  men  were  killed  was  near  the  entrance  of  Balsch- 
willer  and  was  caught  by  the  German  barrage  as  it  moved 
back. 

"The  line  was  advanced  as  directed  and  Ammertzwiller 
occupied. 

"At  daylight  on  the  morning  of  the  13th  the  right  (south) 
subsector  had  failed  to  advance  its  lines  and  the  advance  ele- 


ments encountered  about  40  Germans  who  came  from  a  dugout 
in  the  northern  end  of  Ammertzwiller.  Our  detachment  in 
Ammertzwiller,  consisted  of  about  40  men,  half  Americans 
and  half  French.  One  German  prisoner  was  captured  and  our 
detachment  retired  under  the  command  of  an.  American  lieu- 
tenant. American  losses:  killed,  one  officer,  7  men;  missing, 
2  officers,  7  men ;    wounded,  0  officers,  13  men." 

(The  escape  of  Lt.  George  W.  Prichard  and  the  capture 
and  later  escape  of  Captains  Safford  of  Minneapolis,  and 
House  of  Duluth,  are  graphically  described  in  the  chapter  of 
personal  narratives,  as  well  as  other  escapades.) 

Frequent  sorties  were  made  by  our  men  into  No  Man's 
Land  and  into  the  enemy  trenches  throughout  the  whole  oc- 
cupation. Besides  the  citations  enumerated,  Major  George 
H.  Russ,  352d  Inf.,  of  Bismarck,  N.  D.,  and  Wagoner  Lars 
E.  Dahlin.  Supply  Co.,  352d  Inf.,  of  Findley,  N.  D.,  were 
cited  for  their  conduct  during  a  heavy  enemy  shelling  on 
Nov.  2.  Dahlin  continued  to  drive  his  ration  carts  to  the 
forward  troops  at  Ballersdorf  despite  the  danger,  even  after 
spokes  of  a  wheel  had  been  cut  by  shrapnel,  and  Major  Russ 
displayed  coolness  and  courage  in  passing  through  the  fire 
zone  getting  men  out  of  danger. 

The  fight  on  Oct.  31  developed  other  displays  of  heroism 
that  merit  special  mention.  When  the  party  of  nearly  50  Ger- 
mans moved  on  the  extreme  post  of  Co.  I  after  the  lifting 
of  the  barrage,  Privates  H.  H.  Crosby  of  Rolla,  N.  D.,  and 
C.  E.  Boyd,  Rock  Lake,  N.  D.,  lay  in  wait  with  two  automatic 
rifles.  Corp.  Hans  Johnson  of  Menno,  S.  D.,  came  out  of  the 
dugout  where  the  rest  of  the  squad  of  nine  men  lay.  He 
found  Boyd  had  been  wounded  early  in  the  fight  and  ordered 
him  to  the  rear. 

Johnson  took  up  Boyd's  relinquished  rifle  and  when  the 
Germans  came  in  sight  Crosby  and  he  opened  with  the  auto- 
matics and  hand  grenades.  The  corporal's  rifle  jammed  three 
times  from  dirt  thrown  into  the  mechanism  by  exploding 
shrapnel  and  grenades.  He  stopped  firing  in  the  midst  of  the 
enemy  fire,  working  until  the  rifle  was  repaired  throwing 
grenades  with  his  free  hand.  He  then  fired  four  clips  and 
threw  25  grenades,  checking  the  Germans  in  front  of  the  post 
and  repulsing  them  so  they  never  passed  the  line  of  observa- 
tion. 

The  two  stuck  to  their  position,  although  Crosby  was 
severely  wounded  through  the  arms  and  legs.  Finally  the 
enemy  knocked  him  down,  beat,  clubbed  and  kicked  him,  and 
took  his  rifle  away.    Johnson  was  also  wounded. 

Records  of  the  40th  French  Corps  give  Oct.  7-8  as  the 
date  when  the  88th  Div.  began  to  relieve  the  38th  French  Div. 
in  Alsace,  relief  being  completed  Oct.  17.  The  154th  French 
Div.  then  began  to  relieve  the  88th  Div.  the  night  of  Nov.  2, 
completing  relief  Nov.  5. 

From  Bad  to  Worse  for  Huns 

At  this  stage  of  the  war  in  France  matters  had  gone  from 
bad  to  worse  for  the  German  arms.  On  the  day  the  88th  was 
moving  into  the  line  the  news  came  of  Austria-Hungary's 
peace  feeler,  and  that  nation  was  soon  to  give  up  the  fight. 

The  French  people  were  quick  to  recognize  the  changed 
attitude  in  the  Germans.  "Finit  la  guerre"  became  the  daily 
greeting.  Optimistic  remarks  were  banded  about  to  such  an 
extent  that  an  American  military  order  had  to  be  issued  for- 
bidding our  men  to  repeat  them  or  aid  in  promoting  what 
might  be  fallacious  hopes.  The  German  armies  were  in  full 
flight  from  Holland  to  Metz,  but  the  latter  stronghold  still 
held  as  did  the  line  from  there  to  Switzerland. 

The  fall  of  Metz  would  be  a  paralyzing  blow,  and  it  was 
to  partake  in  this  blow,  that  the  88th  Div.  was  withdrawn  from 
Alsace  and  hurried  north.  Withdrawal  was  made  first  to  the 
Valdoie  (a  suburb  of  Belfort)  area,  the  Novillard  echelon 
moving  Sunday,  Nov.  3,  and  the  Montreux  Chateau  P.  C. 
Nov.  4. 

Capt.  (Major)  R.  B.  Rathlmn  of  Detroit,  Minn.,  and'  Lt. 
M.  H.  Latendresse  of  Red  Lake  Falls,  Minn.,  were  sent  ahead 
of  the  Division  Nov.  5  to  the  Pagney-sur-Meuse  and  Berne- 
court  areas  northwest  of  Toul,  where  the  Division  was  to 
gather  as  reserve  for  the  movement  around  Metz  by  the  2d 
Army,  with  headquarters  at  Lagney.  On  Nov.  6  the  first 
trainload,  composed  of  billeting  parties,  entrained  at  Belfort 
and  reached  Legney  the  next  afternoon.  Here  the  92d  (col- 
ored) Div.  lav  between  the  88th  and  the  German  line  north  of 


And  the  88th  Division 


15 


Pont-a-Mousson.  Thus  the  neighbors  of  Camp  Dodge  came 
together  again. 

The  last  of  the  88th  had  not  yet  caught  up  with  the  first 
units  before  the  end  came.  The  organizations  in  forward  po- 
sitions heard  last  angry  salvos  through  the  night  and  forenoon 
of  Nov.  11,  rising  to  intense  fury  at  times,  and  then  suddenly 
dying  out  at  11  o'clock.  The  news  had  reached  the  Division 
early  in  the  forenoon  that  hostilities  were  to  cease,  and  from 
village  to  village  the  church  bells  could  be  heard  pealing  the 
glad  tidings.  "Finit  la  guerre !"  was  the  cry,  carried  about  by 
happy  children  and  women. 

The  2d  Army's  advance  on  Metz,  or  around  it,  rather,  be- 
gan Nov.  10  with  four  divisions  in  line  (the  92d,  7th,  28th  and 
33d  Divisions  from  right  to  left)  along  SO  kilometers  of  front, 
and  five  in  support,  or  moving  in  (the  88th,  4th,  35th  and  82d 
American  and  26th  French)  while  the  85th  American  was  to 
furnish  replacements.  Lieut.  Gen.  Robert  L.  Bullard  com- 
manded the  2d  Army.  The  supreme  Allied-  chief,  Marshal 
Foch,  planned  that  as  soon  as  the  Americans  were  well  on 
their  way  around  to  the  north  of  Metz,  the  10th  French  Army 
under  General  Mangin  was  to  make  a  break  to  the  southeast 
of  Metz.  The  Americans  were  then  to  continue  northward 
toward  Conflans  and  the  French  toward  the  Saar  and  the 
Rhine.  Thus  no  direct  attack  would  be  made  on  the  Metz 
line  of  fortresses,  but  they  would  be  caught  between  the  two 
armies. 

It  was  with  mixed  emotions  that  the  men  of  the  88th  Div. 
realized  that  the  end  had  come  and  they  were  too  late  to  take 
a  hand  at  the  kind  of  work  the  earlier  divisions  had  done.  All 
these  months  of  long,  weary,  patient  drill,  drill  and  waiting, 
almost  for  nothing !  The  men  felt  fit ;  their  contact  with  the 
enemy  had  given  them  confidence  and  they  believed  themselves 
better  than  their  adversaries ;  they  were  keyed  up  and  braced 
for  a  real  scrap,  and  were  glad  to  have  it  come.  They  wanted 
to  get  into  a  major  offensive. 

Yet  better  judgment  at  the  same  time  whispered  that  per- 
haps it  was  better  so.  Everyone  felt  that  the  war  ought  not 
to  be  permitted  to  end  until  the  fighting  had  been  carried  to 
the  soil  of  Germany  and  the  Boche  had  been  given  a  taste  of 
what  he  had  given  France  and  Belgium,  yet  the  foe  had  ac- 
cepted most  ignominious  terms.  If  the  same  thing  could  be 
accomplished  without  the  carnage  that  continued  battling  must 
bring,  it  might  after  all  be  better.  It  was  known  that  where 
the  88th  Div.  was  scheduled  to  go  in  would  be  savagely  held 
by  the  Germans  and  the  slaughter  would  be  frightful. 

Though  the  prospect  of  fighting  was  now  remote,  train- 
ing went  forward  at  once  with  little  cessation,  also  the  Divi- 
sion School  of  Arms.  It  was  there  that  Lt.  William  Murphy 
of  Duluth,  350th  Inf.,  was  killed  in  November,  when  a  shell 
case  flew  back  from  a  mortar  and  struck  him  in  the  head,  kill- 
ing him  instantly.     He  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Toul. 

Insignia  Is  Adopted 

It  was  in  the  middle  of  November  that  the  division  in- 
signia of  two  figure  8's  crossed  at  right  angles,  forming  a 
four-leaf  clover,  was  adopted.  It  was  to  be  worn  at  the  top 
of  the  left  sleeve,  red  for  the  artillery,  blue  for  the  infantry 
and  black  for  division  headquarters  and  special  units. 

This  was  the  first  mark  peculiar  to  this  war  to  be  worn 
by  88th  men,  except  those  wounded.  These  were  entitled  to 
wear  a  gold  chevron  at  the  bottom  of  the  right  sleeve,  point 
down.  Other  marks  adopted  in  this  war  were  the  service 
chevrons — a  gold  chevron  at  the  bottom  of  the  left  sleeve  for 
each  six  months  abroad,  a  blue  one  for  less  than  six  months, 
while  those  at  home  were  to  wear  a  silver  chevron  for  each 
six  months  in  the  service.  None,  however,  was  permitted  to 
show  his  full  service  in  more  than  one  kind  of  chevron.  To 
allow  for  these  stripes,  noncommissioned  officers  wore  their 
chevrons  on  the  right  sleeve  only,  instead  of  on  both  as  for- 
merly. The  first  gold  service  chevrons  were  put  on  in  the 
Division  in  February,  1919,  marking  the  completion  of  six 
months  abroad  reckoned  from  date  of  sailing. 

The  places  occupied  by  the  various  units  here  were :  Lag- 
ney,  Minorville,  Camp  Varin  la  Chair,  Camp  l'Hermitage, 
Manoncourt,  Bois  Jure,  Bois  de  Lagney,  Mandres  aux  Tours, 
Bouvron,  Andilly,  Bois  de  Rehanne,  Sanzey,  Lucey,  Villey  St. 
Etienne  (where  a  Boche  plane  was  shot  down  Nov.  10), 
Francheville,  Jaillon,  Trondes  and  Avrainville,  Laneuveville. 

Among  the  rumors  that  followed  the  close  of  hostilities 


was  one  that  the  88th  was  destined  to  go  into  Germany  as 
part  of  the  Army  of  Occupation,  but  instead  orders  came  to 
fall  back  to  the  Gondrecourt  (Meuse)  area,  which  was  the 
first  American  training  area  in  France.  Lt.  Col.  Theodore 
Roosevelt  was  credited  with  having  been  the  first  American 
officer  to  enter  Gondrecourt  village,  which  he  did  at  the  head 
of  his  troops.  Many  American  divisions  had  one  time  or  an- 
other visited  this  area,  and  the  vast  schools  there  had  drawn 
pupils  from  every  outfit  in  France.  The  towns  occupied  in  the 
Gondrecourt  area  were :  Gondrecourt,  Div.  P.  C,  Naix-aux- 
Forges,  Treveray,  Laneuville,  St.  Amand,  Reffroy,  Menau- 
court,  Longeaux,  Morlaincourt,  Givrauval,  Houdelaincourt, 
Baudignecourt,  Liffol  le  Grand,  Bonnet,  Ribeaucourt,  Couvert- 
puits,  Biencourt,  Horville,  Demange,  Hevilliers,  Boviolles, 
Marson,  Villers-le-Sec  and  St.  Joire. 

The  313th  Eng.  did  not  move  at  once,  but  remained  at 
Xorroy,  three  kilometers  north  of  Pont-a-mousson  and  Arna- 
ville,  at  the  front,  for  a  time.  The  move  was  made  in  two 
hard  stages,  beginning  Nov.  29,  through  the  Commercy  and 
Void  areas.  Orders  had  been  received  previously  to  have  the 
Lagney  area  thoroughly  policed  and  every  piece  of  military 
equipment  salvaged.  The  men  devoted  Thanksgiving  day  to 
^cleaning  up  the  country  and  removing  some  of  the  signs  of 
more  than  four  years  of  war. 

Rain  Is  Almost  Constant 

Since  October  rain  had  been  almost  constant  and  the  dis- 
comfort was  now  added  to  by  colder  weather.  When  the 
Division  settled  down  around  Gondrecourt  there  were  few 
facilities  for  heat  or  light  with  considerable  consequent  suffer- 
ing. Maneuvers  continued.  No  matter  what  the  weather,  the 
men  must  get  out  in  early  hours  and  chase  imaginary  foes 
over  muddy  roads  and  soggy  fields  until  late  at  night.  It  was 
a  case  of  being  wet  from  one  end  of  the  week  to  the  other, 
unless  clothing  and  shoes  dried  from  the  heat  of  the  body  at 
night.  At  this  time,  also,  the  men's  shoes  were  going  to  pieces, 
the  soles  ground  away  by  the  marching  over  the  wet,  stony 
roads. 

It  was  late  in  January  before  barracks  and  stoves  could 
be  provided.  The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  then  established  huts  in  every 
place  possible  and  there  were  places  for  lounging  and  enter- 
tainment.   Electric  light  plants  also  were  installed. 

That  winter  of  1918-19  will  never  be  forgotten  by  the 
men  of  the  88th  Div.  They  wanted  to  go  home!  That  was 
the  worst  trouble,  of  course.  The  weather  was  always  "tres 
mauvais,"  everything  was  mean  and  disagreeable,  the  war  was 
over,  and  they  didn't  see  any  use  in  staying  longer. 

The  "Frogs"  were  getting  on  their  nerves  and  they  were 
getting  on  the  "Frogs' "  nerves.  Still  the  maneuvers  con- 
tinued. 

At  Christmas,  1918,  the  Americans  had  Christmas-tree 
parties  for  the  French  kiddies  and  gave  them  presents. 

With  the  establishing  of  "Y"  huts  diversion  was  created. 
Shows  sprang  up  and  were  put  on  everywhere  and  "movies" 
were  frequent.  Then  to  put  the  men's  time  to  some  good 
purpose,  post  schools  were  opened  and  football,  basketball, 
baseball,  track,  boxing  and  wrestling  teams  were  formed.  Lt. 
Col.  C.  F.  Dreisbach,  352d  Inf.,  was  made  division  welfare 
officer  and  Lt.  Col.  W.  J.  O'Loughlin,  division  athletic  officer 
and  athletics  was  pushed  in  every  branch.  Vocational  schools 
were  opened  at  St.  Joire,  with  1,661  pupils  and  during  that 
winter  every  illiterate,  of  whom  there  were  several  in  the 
Division,  was  made  at  last  to  recognize  his  own  name  in  writ- 
ing, and  many  made  splendid  progress. 

Then  late  in  February,  1919,  the  Division  sent  80  officers 
and  121  men  to  French  and  British  universities  for  a  three- 
month  course.  In  March  19  officers  and  121  men  went  as 
pupils  at  the  A.  E.  F.  University  at  Beaune  (Cote  d'Or). 

Besides  the  educational  activities  that  marked  the  military 
life,  a  great  feature  of  the  Gondrecourt  stay  was  the  leave 
trains  that  took  thousands  of  88th  men  to  the  beautiful  Riviera 
— Nice,  Monte  Carlo,  Cannes,  Monaco,  etc. — or  to  Chamonix 
at  Mt.  Blanc.  A  motor  show,  horse  show  and  enlisted  men's 
field  meet  were  events  of  great  interest  in  March  and  April, 
1919,  and  the  Division  review  by  General  Pershing,  comman- 
der of  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  and  Secretary  of 
War  Baker,  April  19,  1919. 

It  is  of  interest  to  note  here  that  this  was  the  first  oc- 
casion on  which  the  entire  Division  had  been  present  on  the 


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Memoirs  of  France 


same  field  for  a  review  in  its  nearly  two  years  of  existence. 
It  always  had  been  too  busy  with  more  serious  activities. 

An  entire  chapter  might  well  be  devoted  to  the  subject 
of  the  shows  and  other  entertainments  put  on  by  members  of 
the  Division,  sometimes  under  most  difficult  circumstances. 
One  of  the  earliest,  and,  it  must  truly  be  said,  cleverest  and 
most  entertaining  shows  was  the  175th  Inf.  Brig,  offering 
"The  Runaways."  While  it  had  less  of  the  spectacular  splen- 
dor of  the  famous  88th  Div.  Show  "Who  Can  Tell?"  put  on 
toward  the  close  of  the  stay  in  France,  it  had  the  snap,  wit 
and  originality  of  a  successful  professional  production,  Wil- 
liam E.  R.  Ehlke  of  the  Iowa  Homestead,  Des  Moines,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  troupe,  described  the  theatrical  effort  as  follows : 

"Shortly  after  the  armistice  was  signed,  Brig.  General 
Stewart,  commanding  the  175th  Inf.  Brig,  acted  on  the  pleas- 
ant thought  of  entertainment  for  the  boys  in  the  way  of  a 
vaudeville  show.  Organization  began  at  once,  and  with  the 
aid  of  Milo  Billingsley,  an  old  timer  in  the  show  business, 
under  the  direction  of  Lt.  Hoyt  S.  Brown,  the  talent  of  the 
brigade  was  called  together  for  an  interview.  With  a  few 
rehearsals  in  a  barn,  a  few  pieces  of  scenery  painted  in  the 
same  barn,  we  gave  our  initial  performance  at  Base  Hospital 
No.  51,  Tout,  Thanksgiving  Eve,  November  27,  1918.  The 
cast  was  Milo  Billingsley,  Lee  Norris,  James  T.  Hardy,  Otto 
Bridge,  Paul  M.  Lindfeldt,  Ray  Soash,  Jack  Lenox,  Raymond 
Lawson,  William  H.  Brehm,  Franklin  Crelley  and  myself. 

"After  a  lot  of  hard  work  on  the  part  of  General  Stewart 
and  Lieutenant  Brown,  as  well  as  the  members  of  the  troop, 
in  the  way  of  rehearsals,  shows,  painting  scenery,  making  cos- 
tumes, writing  music  and  songs  and  trying  to  devise  means  of 
getting  a  few  francs,  whereby  we  could  buy  costumes,  we 
stumbled -on  the  idea  of  having  programs  printed,  which  we 
sold  to  the  boys  at  one-half  franc,  as  a  souvenir  which  coukl 
be  sent  home  to  the  folks. 

"With  a  lot  of  hard  knocks,  such  as  no  doubt  everybody 
over  there  had,  we  managed  to  get  together,  as  considered  by 
a  number  of  men  of  authority,  the  best  show  in  the  A.  E.  F." 

"Who  Can  Tell?"  was  a  tuneful,  colorful  and  showy  pro- 
duction that  might  have  done  well  on  any  stage  anywhere. 
The  costumes  required  an  expenditure  of  $20,000  furnished  by 
contributions  from  officers  and  men  and  large  sums  from  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  K.  of  C,  Salvation  Army,  and  mainly  the  Jewish 
Welfare  Board.  The  show  opened  at  the  big  double- hangar 
at  Gondrecourt  and  the  various  organizations  of  the  Division 
were  transported  by  truck  to  see  it  on  succeeding  nights.  The 
production  was  then  to  have  made  a  long  tour  of  the  A.  E. 
F.,  wherever  there  was  a  stage  large  enough  to  accommodate 
the  mammoth  company,  but  the  order  to  sail  for  home  came 
just  in  time  to  cut  short  a  highly  successful  run  in  Paris. 
The  175th  Brig,  show  also  had  a  Paris  run  at  the  Trianon 
Theater  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

All  these  activities  served  to  lift  the  weight  of  ennui 
somewhat  in  the  midst  of  the  constant  rain,  mud  and  cold. 
Military  problems  and  maneuvers  continued  but  called  for 
fewer  men  as  the  units  became  greatly  depleted  at  times  with 
their  members  away  on  leave  trips  or  at  school.  It  should  be 
recorded  in  passing  that  the  educational  programs  for  the 
men  and  other  diversions  did  not  meet  with  the  entire  ap- 
proval of  all  officers  of  the  regular  army  who  preferred  to 
confine  the  men  to  army  duties. 

When  do  We  go  Home? 

Throughout  that  memorable  winter  in  those  rambling, 
smelly  villages,  the  insistent  question  ever  uppermost  in  the 
minds  of  the  men  was,  "When  do  we  go  home?"  It  was  the 
one  big  thought,  but  month  after  month  went  by  without  an 
answer.  Rumors  came  and  went,  and  finally  a  list  of  the  di- 
visions scheduled  to  sail  for  home  before  July  1,  1919,  was 
published  in  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  official  A.  E.  F.  weekly.  It 
gave  the  numbers  of  all  but  two  divisions — and  the  88th  was 
one  of  those  two! 

We  were  not  even  on  the  list  to  go  home!  The  blow 
was  a  severe  one.  It  came  on  top  of  weeks  of  constant  har- 
rowing on  the  part  of  the  Paris  edition  of  an  American  paper, 
which  ran  a  seven-column  line  at  the  top  of  its  front  page 
daily:  "Get  the  boys  home  toot-sweet!"  or  another  of  similar 
purpose.  It  was  a  rabid  anti-administration  publication  and, 
with  a  presidential  campaign  due  the  following  year,  the  intent 


was  obvious.  But,  as  always  the  case  with  political  move- 
ments, it  took  little  account  of  the  evil  it  might  do  with  the 
result  that  it  demoralized  morale  and  made  the  men  more  rest- 
less, dissatisfied  and  rebellious.  At  best  discipline  was  diffi- 
cult to  maintain  at  a  high  and  salutary  state  after  the  incen- 
tive of  war  was  over.  The  announcement  that  the  88th  was 
not  mentioned  in  the  list  of  returning  troops  was  too  much 
for  one  young  man  of  the  352d  Inf.  at  Bonnet,  and  he  com- 
mitted suicide  by  shooting. 

However,  the  speed  with  which  the  divisions  were  being 
sent  back  home  was  another  of  the  marvels  of  the  participa- 
tion of  the  United  States  in  the  war  and  in  April  it  became 
evident  that  the  88th's  turn  would  soon  come  to  step  aboard 
the  gang-plank.  Again  a  policing  order  was  issued  and  with 
a  will  the  men  set  to  cleaning  up  the  signs  of  their  occupa- 
tion of  the  peasants'  houses  and  barns,  filling  up  trenches, 
repairing  the  roads  and  otherwise  putting  things  in  shape  to 
turn  the  area  back  to  the  French. 

Orders  to  move  to  the  Le  Mans  (Sarthc)  area,  American 
Embarkation  Center,  came  at  last,  and  Capt.  Sumner  T.  Mc- 
Knight  of  Minneapolis,  formerly  with  the  351st  Inf.  but  then 
in  the  office  of  G-l,  went  ahead  to  the  headquarters  town  of 
La  Suze.  The  first  group  of  billeters  left  Gondrecourt  May 
2  for  the  36-hour  trip.  Division  headquarters  moved  May  8 
and  the  Division  was  together  again  by  May  13,  except  for 
the  313th  Eng.,  which  remained  behind  a  few  days  to  com- 
plete the  cleaning-up. 

It  was  a  great  change  for  the  men  to  the  Sarthe  country 
from  the  wet,  cold,  muddy  and  stoney  Gondrecourt  area  as 
they  had  known  it  throughout  their  entire  stay.  At  La  Suze 
May  was  smiling  and  warm,  flowers  blossomed  and  nature 
was  at  her  best. 

But  the  Division  was  not  to  stay  there  long.  On  May  15 
it  started  for  the  port  of  embarkation  at  St.  Nazaire  and  the 
last  left  May  18.  Nor  was  the  Division  destined  to  remain 
at  the  port  long  either.  Delousing,  physical  examinations  and 
clothing  exchanges  completed  in  a  hurry,  four  days  was  the 
longest  any  unit  remained  before  going  aboard  ship. 


V. 


Career  of  88th  Division  Ends 

Thus  ended  the  career  of  the  88th  Div.,  at  Newport  News. 
Va.,  U.  S.  A.,  where  the  various  units  were  landed.  From  the 
port  the  men  were  separated  and  sent  to  the  encampment  near- 
est their  homes  or  place  of  enlistment  or  induction  into  service. 
At  this  time  the  Division  was  made  up  of  men  from  every 
state  in  the  union,  mostly  from  the  north  Mississippi  River 
Valley.  Iowa  had  4,300  men  in  the  Division,  Minnesota  4,000. 
Missouri  1,900,  North  Dakota  1,200,  Illinois  1,150,  South  Dako- 
ta 1,000,  Nebraska  600,  Kansas  500,  New  York  400,  Pennsyl- 
vania 300,  and  most  of  the  other  states  from  100  to  300.  There 
were  a  large  number  from  New  Fngland,  also  from  Canada. 
Italy  and  the  Scandinavian  countries. 

The  largest  group  was  returned  at  Camp  Dodge  for  dis- 
charge, each  man  being  given  a  $60  bonus  and  a  red  chevron 
to  put  on  his  left  sleeve  at  once  to  denote  discharge.  This 
permitted  him  to  continue  the  wear  of  his  uniform.  The  men 
had  been  issued  new  outfits,  complete,  and  were  entitled  to 
take  home  with  them  a  gas  mask,  helmet  and  other  equipment 
and  clothing.  In  Des  Moines  the  returning  men  were  met  at 
the  depot  and  marched  to  a  tent  where  the  women  served  re- 
freshments. 

No  pen  has  ever  yet  succeeded  in  accurately  describing  the 
joy  and  delight  of  the  men  to  be  home  again  with  their  people 
and  friends.  The  affection  shown  by  our  boys  for  their  homes 
and  kin  was  one  of  the  things  especially  noticed  about  them 
by  the  French  and  many  a  strong  youth  let  glad  tears  run 
unashamed  to  see  home  and  mother  once  more. 

Theirs  had  not  been  a  spectacular  adventure,  compared 
with  some  of  the  other  outfits.  As  a  story  of  war  the  history 
of  the  88th  Div.  must  lie  somewhat  disappointing.  We  may 
never  know  what  or  who  "kept  us  out  of  war"  for  so  long, 
but  certain  it  is  that  it  was  not  tin-  fault  or  the  desire  of 
these  citizen  soldiers.  By  the  time  they  were  to  have  gone 
into  the  great  drive  they  were  full  of  the  confidence  and  the 
spirit  that   simply  will  not  acknowledge  defeat. 


And  the  88th  Division 


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General  Quick  at  Salute 

In  the  commanding  general  the  Division  had  a  man  who 
came  well  recommended  from  the  28th  Div.  He  had  the  knack 
of  getting  in  touch  with  the  individual  soldier  and  gaining 
his  regard.  It  was  said  of  him  that  it  was  a  fast  doughboy 
who  could  beat  the  general  to  the  salute  when  the  car  of  two 
stars  passed  the  trudging  private  on  the  road. 

One  doughboy  of  Headquarters  Troop  told  of  entering  a 
barber  shop  in  Hericourt  to  buy  razor  blades.  He  was  not 
having  much  success  making  his  errand  understood,  when  a 
stocky,  gray-haired,  pleasant-faced  American  got  out  of  a 
chair  and  walking  over  to  the  counter  helped  him  out  in 
French. 

The  young  man  was  duly  thankful,  but  when  he  saw  the 
stranger  put  on  a  blouse  with  two  stars  on  each  shoulder  he 
got  panicky  and  bolted  for  the  door  in  a  hurry. 

Members  of  the  88th  Div.  had  a  prominent  part  in  launch- 
ing the  Liberty  Legion,  tentative  name  for  the  American  Le- 
gion. Lt.  Col.  Bennett  C.  Clark,  assistant  chief  of  staff  G-l, 
and  Major  (Lt.  Col.)  Eric  Wood,  G-2,  with  Lt.  Col.  Theodore 
Roosevelt  were  in  fact  the  originators  and  first  temporary 
officers  of  the  organization  as  formed  in  Paris.  Major  Wood 
and  Lt.  L.  R.  Fairall,  editor  of  the  Camp  Dodger,  were  dele- 
gates at  large  on  the  executive  committee,  on  which  Lt.  Col. 
George  C.  Parsons  and  Wagoner  Dale  J.  Shaw  represented 
the  Division. 

The  349th  Inf.  reflected  added  luster  on  the  88th  Div.  with 
a  rifle  team  at  the  great  shoot  held  at  the  Belgian  Camp,  Le 
Mans,  in  the  spring  of  1919.  Pvt.  Charles  M.  Schwab  won  a 
gold  medal  with  a  score  of  532. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  Division  quit  France  just  at 
the  time  the  best  and  most  enjoyable  part  of  the  year  was 
setting  in.  Recollection  of  that  country  is  apt  to  hold  upper- 
most rain,  mud,  ruins  and  cold.  The  men  stayed  in  sections 
where  the  peasant  people  were  tired  of  having  soldiers  about 
and  where  nothing  had  been  repaired  or  otherwise  cared  for 
for  nearly  five  years. 

One  plaint  of  A.  £.  F.  days  that  died  out  somewhat  after 
the  return  home  was  that  regarding  the  high  prices  charged 
Americans  over  there.  Here  is  what  an  American  soldier 
just  returned  home  wrote  back  to  his  pals  still  in  France : 

"You  may  think  the  French  are  holding  you  up  on  prices 
over  there.  I  am  back  in  the  States  and  I  have  found  out 
something  I  did  not  know  before,  that  the  French  are  not  in 
it  at  all.  There  is  a  certain  class  in  these  United  States  that 
put  the  French  way  back  in  the  shade  for  that  sort  of  thing. 
They  work  on  the  theory  that  every  soldier  is  so  darned  glad 
to  get  back  to  God's  country  that  he  is  sucker  enough  to  pay 
any  price  for  anything.  And  what  is  more  they  are  getting 
away  with  it.  They  are  the  smallest  and  the  meanest  of  the 
whole  family  of  profiteers.  They  outcharge  the  French  com- 
pletely— postcards  of  the  ship  you  came  over  in,  25  cents ; 
service  chevrons,  SO  cents;  little  sandwiches,  25  cents;  oranges, 
15  cents." 

If  the  French  found  the  Americans  easy  marks,  and  had  a 
separate  price  for  us,  perhaps  it  does  not  come  with  good 
grace  for  us  to  throw  stones,  in  view  of  the  experience  of  the 
French  who  came  over  here  with  La  Fayette  to  help  Washing- 
ton. The  Stars  and  Stripes  repeated  a  letter  which  was  sent 
by  a  French  soldier  back  to  France  in  Revolutionary  days, 
which  read,  anent  the  Yankees : 

"They  fleece  us  pitilessly;  the  price  of  everything  is  ex- 
orbitant ;  in  all  the  dealings  that  we  have  with  them  they  treat 
us  more  like  enemies  than  friends.  Their  cupidity  is  unequal- 
ed ;  money  is  their  god ;  virtues,  honor  seem  nothing  to  them 
compared  to  the  precious  metal.  I  do  not  mean  that  there 
are  no  estimable  people  whose  character  is  equally  noble  and 
generous — there  are  many,  but  I  speak  of  the  nation  in  gen- 
eral. 

"Money  is  the  prime  mover  of  all  their  actions ;  they 
think  only  of  means  to  gain  it;  each  is  for  himself,  and  none 
is  for  the  public  good.  The  inhabitants  along  the  coast,  even 
the  best  Whigs,  carry  provisions  of  all  kinds  to  the  English 
fleet,  which  is  anchored  in  Gardner's  Bay,  and  that  because 
the  Fnglish  pay  them  well." 

Stunned  by  High  Prices 

The  problem  of  high  prices  struck  the  returning  Clover- 


leafers  a  stunning  blow.  The  government  paid  each  officer 
and  man  $60  bonus  on  discharge,  which  was  supposed  to  help 
him  start  again  in  civil  life.  But  $60  would  not  even  buy  a 
decent  suit  of  clothes,  they  discovered.  Shoes  were  $15  to 
$20  a  pair.  Food  was  two  to  four  times  its  former  price.  At 
the  time  of  this  writing,  potatoes  have  risen  to  $5.60  per  bush- 
el and  sugar  to  27  cents  a  pound,  each  purchaser  being  per- 
mitted only  one  pound. 

Soldiers  who  did  not  have  a  position  waiting  for  them  or 
relatives  with  whom  they  could  stay  temporarily  had  a  diffi- 
cult time.  Congress  had  voted  a  considerable  bonus  with 
alacrity  to  the  army  of  government  clerks  who  flocked  to 
Washington  to  serve  their  country  during  the  war,  but  when 
it  came  to  equalizing  the  prosperity  and  giving  the  returning 
fighters  some  of  it,  the  matter  of  expense  was  strongly  urged 
against  it.  Some  states  passed  bonus  legislation,  but  it  is  still 
a  question  whether  any  federal  bonus  will  be  agreed  on. 

What  made  the  situation  seem  onr.-sided  to  the  soldiers 
was  the  plenty  apparently  possessed  by  everyone  who  had  re- 
mained safely  at  home.  People  in  munitions  or  other  war 
plants  had  drawn  almost  fabulous  wages.  Artisans  and  even 
common  laborers  received  as  much  as  highly  trained  profes- 
sional men  might  have  been  happy  to  accept  before  the  war. 
It  was  a  topsy-turvy  arrangement  and  the  soldier  felt  that 
someone  had  "put  something  over"  on  him  while  he  was  fight- 
ing for  his  country  at  $33  a  month — less  war  risk  insurance, 
Class  A  allotments,  Liberty  bond  payments,  etc.,  et'. 

While  France  may  not  have  left  the  best  impressions  in 
the  minds  of  those  who  saw  only  the  worst  side  of  it  con- 
stantly, there  can  be  little  doubt  that  on  the  whole,  with  many 
and  notable  exceptions,  the  smooth-faced,  happy,  reckless, 
baby-cheeked  American  doughboy  made  a  not  unpleasant  im- 
pression especially  on  the  female  portion  of  the  French  popu- 
lation. Mademoiselle  and  madame  considered  him  "plus  gen- 
til"  than  their  own  men. 

"J'aime  beaucoup  les  Americains,"  they  often  put  it.  The 
distinguishing  features  of  the  American  youth  in  the  minds 
of  the  French  were  his  athletic  build,  height,  breadth,  supple- 
ness of  body,  springy,  swinging  gait  and  cleanly  appearance. 
They  came  to  France  like  a  cool,  refreshing  breeze. 

Other  things  the  Frenchman  noticed  about  the  American 
was  that  he  was  much  addicted  to  the  use  of  the  razor,  where- 
as the  Poilu  is  a  "poilu;"  he  played  hard,  roughly  and  noisily; 
he  was  fond  of  children  and  generous  with  goodies  for  them ; 
he  "ate"  tobacco  and  wanted  his  food  on  his  plate  all  at  one 
time  instead  of  in  courses;  he  was  strangely  soft-hearted  and 
gentle,  though  savagely  murderous  in  battle ;  he  became  "zig- 
zagged" easily,  but,  odd  man  that  he  was,  he  drank  water 
mostly  and  did  not  take  kindly  to  wine  as  a  rule. 

This  idea  of  using  water  for  drinking  purposes  was  con- 
sidered hugely  droll  by  the  peasant-folk. 

"You  drink  water  and  milk,"  they  teased.  "That  is  for 
children  and  babies.  You  call  us  'frogs'  but  you  are  more 
like  frogs  than  we  are.    You  use  water  like  frogs." 

But  the  American,  when  he  drank  of  wine,  beer,  cognac, 
eau  de  vie,  or  what,  did  not  "drink"  as  the  French  did.  He 
"gulped"  in  large  quantities,  while  the  Frenchman  sipped — 
temperate  always,  in  all  things. 

As  fighters,  British,  French  and  Americans  came  to  have 
the  highest  regard  for  each  other.  Americans  came  to  admire 
with  an  intense  admiration  the  little  men  who  held  Verdun  and 
the  Marne,  and  the  French  in  turn  had  the  utmost  esteem  for 
the  huge  boys  who  rushed  so  recklessly  into  danger  and  used 
the  bayonet  with  such  telling  effect. 

Though  18  months  after  the  war  the  United  States  has 
not  yet  officially  made  peace ;  though  the  United  States  is  the 
butt  of  abuse  from  without  and  within,  and  politicians,  emerg- 
ing from  their  hiding  during  the  war,  have  halted  progress 
toward  a  settlement  bringing  about  a  disturbed  condition  that 
almost  threatened  to  undo  all  that  has  been  accomplished,  the 
foundation  has  been  laid  for  a  deep,  lasting,  personal,  man-to- 
man regard  and  affection  between  these  three  peoples. 

A  British  and  French  comment  on  the  American  as  a 
soldier  (a  comment  that  probably  was  supposed  to  be  diplo- 
matic reflection)  was  perhaps  a  fairly  accurate  estimate.  It 
ran: 

"The  Americans  are  not  good  soldiers;  but  they  are  good 
fighters." 


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PART  2 


Personal  Narratives  and  Reminiscences 


My  Experience  in  the  World  War 

On  the  morning  of  August  9,  1918,  we  were  all  ordered 
to  roll  packs  with  full  equipment  and  be  ready  to  move  out  at 
any  time.  The  packs  were  made  in  a  very  few  minutes  as  all 
the  boys  were  very  anxious  to  leave  Camp  Dodge,  as  we  had 
been  drilling  hard  and  long  every  day  and  the  other  regiments 
had  been  moving  out  so  we  knew  that  the  time  for  us  to  move 
out  would  soon  be  here.  At  11  o'clock  we  were  served  sand- 
wiches for  dinner  and  at  12  o'clock  we  were  ordered  to  "fall 
in."  We  moved  down  to  the  train  which  was  waiting  to  start 
us  on  our  journey  that  would  take  us  to  a  foreign  country 
where  some  of  us  were  bound  to  stay,  as  we  knew  we  were 
going  into  active  service  in  the  World  War. 

By  2 :30  we  were  all  loaded  onto  the  train  ready,  to  start 
and  we  didn't  need  to  wait  long  as  we  were  soon  on  the  way. 
We'  passed  over  the  C.  &  N.  W.  route  which  took  us  through 
Ames  where  we  stopped  for  about  30  minutes  while  the  train 
crew  worked  on  a  hot  box  which  had  developed  on  one  of 
the  car  trucks. 

Leaving  Ames  at  3  o'clock  wc  made  a  steady  run  to  Clin- 
ton, la.,  where'we  were  served  by  the  Red  Cross  ladies.  They 
served  us  cold  coffee  and  cookies  which  was  greatly  enjoyed 
and  the  way  we  were  treated  was  also  appreciated  by  us.  The 
people  tried  to  do  everything  in  their  power  for  us  in  the 
way  of  cheering  us  up  on  our  trip  and  letting  us  know  that 
they  and  the  whole  United  States  were  backing  us  in  our  big 
task.  Many  of  the  boys  gave  the  addresses  of  their  mothers 
to  the  Red  Cross  ladies  and  asked  them  to  write  to  them  as 
they  had  not  had  a  chance  to  write  home  for  some  time.  Many 
of  the  boys  said  after  we  had  arrived  in  France  that  their 
mothers  had  received  very  interesting  letters  from  the  Red 
Cross  ladies  in  which  they  had  tried  to  encourage  our  mothers 
and  folks  at  home.  Leaving  Clinton  at  7 :4S  we  made  a  steady 
run  to  Chicago  at  which  place  we  arrived  at  2  A.  M.,  Aug. 
10.  We  did  not  have  a  very  good  opportunity  to  see  the  town 
as  most  of  us  were  sleeping  and  the  train  stopped  in  the  yards 
from  which  point  it  is  almost  impossible  to  see  much.  We  left 
Chicago  at  4  o'clock  after  having  the  water  and  ice  tanks 
replenished,  over  the  Nickle  Plate  road  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  At 
Ft.  Wayne  where  we  arrived  at  9:30  we  stopped  long  enough 
to  take  all  the  men  out  for  a  morning  hike  which  was  very 
much  enjoyed  for  several  reasons.  One  was  that  we  stopped 
very  close  to  a  large  factory  where  several  hundred  girls  and 
young  women  were  employed  and  as  we  marched  past  the 
girls  all  cheered  us  and  many  threw  roses  which  the  boys,  as 
all  good  ball  players  do,  caught.  While  we  were  getting 
aboard  many  of  the  girls  followed  us  to  the  train  to  see  us 
off  and  it  started  to  rain  so  hard  that  they  were  forced  to 
run  for  cover,  but  they  cheered  and  waved  their  handkerchiefs 
as  long  as  we  were  in  sight.  Not  only  at  Ft.  Wayne  did  the 
people  come  out  to  watch  us  pass  and  cheer  us  on  but  at  every 
town  along  the  way,  the  people,  children,  men  and  women 
were  out  along  the  tracks,  waving  Old  Glory  to  us  and  cheer- 
ing at  the  top  of  their  voices. 

All  Out  For  a  Swim 

After  leaving  Ft.  Wayne  the  next  stop  we  made  was  at 
the  edge  of  Lake  Erie  where  we  got  into  the  lake  for  a  swim. 
This  was  one  of  the  first  experiences  for  most  of  the  men  as 
many  of  us  had  never  seen  a  large  body  of  water  before,  so 
it  was  greatly  enjoyed.  We  had  a  fine  bath  as  there  was  nice 
clean  sand  from  the  tracks  down  to  the  water  and  the  water 
was  warm  enough  to  swim  in.  After  everyone  had  had  a  good 
bath  we  entrained  again,  going  on  into  Cleveland,  O.,  arriving  at 
4:30  P.  M.  and  were  given  cigarettes,  postcards  and  grape 
juice  by  the  Red  Cross  ladies.  Upon  leaving  Cleveland  we 
were  served  supper  on  the  train,  as  we  had  our  field  range 
and  cooks  with  us.     They  prepared  our  meals  and  the  men 


that  were  on  K.  P.  carried  the  meals  through  the  train  to  us. 
After  supper  was  over  we  spent  our  time  watching  mile 
after  mile  of  land  pass  the  car  windows  which  we  greatly 
enjoyed  as  it  was  such  a  contrast  to  our  bare  hills  at  Camp 
Dodge.  When  it  became  too  dark  to  see  the  country  we  made 
our  bunks  as  we  were  riding  in  Pullman  cars.  This  was 
something  else  that  many  of  the  boys  had  never  experienced 
before,  so  many  of  them  did  not  sleep  well  during  the  trip 
to  the  coast. 

I  "was  up  most  of  the  second  night  as  I  was  corporal  of 
the  guard  and  while  making  the  round  of  posts  I  met  one  of 
our  men  coming  down  through  the  car  and  I  asked  him  if  he 
could  not  sleep  as  it  was  too  late  for  anyone  to  be  roaming 
around  at  that  hour.  His  answer  was  that  one  minute  his 
head  hit  one  end  of  the  bunk  and  the  next  minute  his  feet  hit 
the  other  so  he  thought  it  was  time  to  be  getting  out  of  there. 

On  the  morning  of  Aug.  11  we  arrived  at  Buffalo,  M,  Y., 
staying  there  about  two  hours  and  leaving  in  the  early  morn- 
ing which  gave  us  a  morning  ride  to  Elmira  which  was  greatly 
enjoyed  as  the  country  was  very  different  from  that  which 
we  had  been  used  to.  We  arrived  at  Elmira  at  10  o'clock 
where  we  all  piled  off  to  get  fresh  milk  and  cookies  which 
were  served  by  the  Red  Cross  ladies.  Our  next  stop  was  at 
Scranton,  Pa.,  where  we  were  again  served  cigarettes,  post- 
cards and  coffee  by  the  Red  Cross  ladies.  We  took  a  hike 
through  the  town  and  saw  some  very  nice  homes.  The  people 
were  all  out  along  the  streets  and  at  the  depot  to  see  us.  Leav- 
ing Scranton  we  passed  through  some  of  the  most  beautiful 
scenery  we  had  seen  on  our  trip  so  far  and  while  going 
through  the  mountains  we  passed  the  watergap  at  the  Penn- 
sylvania-New Jersey  line. 

Going  through  New  Jersey  we  arrived  at  Hoboken  at 
6  P.  M.  where  we  were  detained  and  embarked  on  a  ferry  on 
which  we  crossed  the  channel  to  Long  Island.  Crossing  the 
channel  we  passed  under  the  Brooklyn  bridge  and  saw  many 
things  that  were  quite  new  to  the  most  of  us.  Landing  at 
Long  Island  we  piled  on  a  train  again  and  went  to  Camp 
Mills.  After  getting  off  the  train  we  had  a  long  hike  to  make 
with  full  packs  on  to  the  tents  where  we  were  to  stay  while 
there. 

During  our  stay  at  Camp  Mills  we  had  some  very  inter- 
esting experiences.  We  could  step  out  of  our  tents  at  almost 
any  hour  of  the  day  and  could  see  as  many  as  ten  planes 
flying  over  us,  some  of  them  flying  in  groups  of  as  many  as 
three  or  four.  Many  of  them  would  fly  over  very  low,  doing 
maneuvers  that  many  of  us  thought  were  impossible. 

On  Aug.  13  there  were  a  number  of  men  who  received 
passes  to  go  to  New  York  city.  My  bunky,  a  young  man  from 
Iowa,  with  whom  I  had  bunked  and  pal-ed  ever  since  coming 
to  camp,  and  I  went  over  with  the  others.  We  saw  some 
very  interesting  things  while  going  up  and  down  the  Great 
White  Way,  amongst  which  were  the  Flatiron  and  Wool- 
worth  buildings.  We  then  crossed  the  Brooklyn  bridge  on 
the  way  to  Coney  Island  where  we  spent  part  of  the  evening. 
After  doing  Coney  Island  and  getting  some  souvenirs  to  send 
home  we  returned  to  New  York  City  and  went  to  a  show  after 
which  we  returned  to  camp. 

The  next  morning  we  received  our  overseas  clothing  and 
the  rest  of  our  ordnance  equipment.  Our  nice  broad  brimmed 
hats  were  taken  away  from  us  and  little  dinky  caps  issued 
to  replace  them.  We  all  had  our  hair  cut  short  so  we  could 
hang  the  cap  on  some  of  the  short  hairs,  that  being  about  the 
only  way  we  could  keep  them  on.  Another  thing  the  men  could 
put  in  their  time  at  was  wrapping  their  leggings,  which  was 
a  bigger  task  to  learn  than  they  imagined.  When  it  came 
time  to  roll  the  packs  many  of  us  were  wondering  where  we 
would  put  all  of  our  things  and  after  we  had  everything  tied 


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Personal  Narratives 


on  in  every  way  imaginable,  our  next  thought  was  how  we 
would  ever  carry  a  load  like  that. 

Many  Americans  have  made  the  statement  that  American 
soldiers  were  not  equipped.  Many  times  while  making  our 
trips  over  France  I  thought  that  if  those  people  that  thought 
we  were  not  equipped  could  see  us  carrying  those  packs,  or 
better  still  if  they  had  to  carry  them  for  ten  or  twelve  hours 
as  we  have  done,  they  would  think  we  had  all  the  equipment 
there  was  in  the  United  States.  Our  packs  as  we  have  been 
carrying  them  weigh  on  an  average  of  about  80  pounds,  but 
we  often  thought  that  they  weighed  twice  that  much  after 
we  had  them  on  for  a  few  hours. 

Some  of  the  men,  in  fact,  all  of  us,  saw  some  of  the 
parks  on  Long  Island  that  were  far  nicer  than  any  w*e  had 
ever  seen  before.  The  parks  are  all  kept  in  the  very  best 
of  shape,  everything  being  so  neat  and  clean.  The  flower  beds 
were  very  pleasing  to  the  eye,  as  they  also  were  exceptionally 
well  planned  and  kept. 

Leaving  Camp  Mills  by  train  on  the  morning  of  Aug.  IS 
we  traveled  to  Brooklyn  harbor,  arriving  there  about  2  o'clock 
where  we  detrained  to  get  aboard  a  ferry  which  took  us  to 
the  pier  where  our  vessel  was  docked.  We  were  again  given 
a  feed  by  the  Red  Cross  ladies,  consisting  of  cookies,  cigar- 
ettes and  ice  cream.  We  also  received  postal  cards  that  we 
were  to  mail  as  we  stepped  off  the  gangplank  into  the  ship 
and  which  were  to  be  sent  to  our  loved  ones  at  home  to  tell 
them  we  had  safely  landed  "over  there." 

When  the  time  came  for  our  company  to  go  aboard  the 
big  steamer  which  was  to  carry  us  across  to  the  battlefields, 
our  names  were  called  out  as  we  filed  up  the  gang  plank, 
dropping  our  cards  in  the  mail  sack  and  going  down  to  the 
lower  deck  to  the  hole  that  was  to  be  our  home  for  several 
days.  We  piled  up  our  packs,  got  our  hammocks  all  slung 
and  then  there  was  nothing  left  for  us  to  do  but  to  explore 
the  ship  and  see  what  our  new  home  looked  like.  We  lay  at 
dock  until  noon  of  Aug.  16.  When  we  were  all  down  in  the 
hole  eating  dinner  on  this  day  the  ship  seemed  to  be  moving. 
Some  of  the  men  went  up  to  see  if  we  were  leaving  and  in 
a  short  time  every  man  was  upon  deck  watching  our  dear  old 
America  fade  away  below  the  horizon.  We  sailed  out  past  the 
Statue  of  Liberty  and  as  we  saw  it  fading  away  the  men  be- 
gan to  realize  that  we  were  fast  leaving  our  homes  behind, 
some  of  us  never  to  return. 

Fourteen  Ships  in  Convoy 

In  the  convoy  we  sailed  with  there  were  14  troop  ships, 
two  battle  cruisers  escorting  us  out  to  sea.  After  sailing 
several  days  one  of  the  cruisers  turned  and  went  back,  leaving 
the  other,  which  we  were  told  was  the  Cruiser  Connecticut. 
It  stayed  with  us  ten  days  and  nights  and  on  the  morning  of 
the  eleventh  day  we  noticed  it  had  disappeared  during  the 
past  night.  We  were  all  wondering  why  she  had  left  us 
before  the  Mosquito  Fleet  met  us,  but  we  did  not  wonder 
long,  for  about  10  o'clock  some  one  saw  a  very  small  dark 
spot  coming  up  over  the  Ijorizon  which  soon  proved  to  be  a 
ship.  It  had  no  more  than  come  in  sight  when  another  and 
another,  and  still  another  came  into  view  until  there  were  12 
battle  ships  and  submarine  destroyers  in  all.  Then  we  felt 
as  though  we  were  pretty  well  protected  although  we  knew 
we  were  entering  the  danger  zone,  though  the  boys  didn't 
seem  to  be  the  least  nervous  when  we  were  coming  across. 

The  ship  that  we  came  across  in  was  the  Ulysses,  which 
was  an  English  cattle  transport  of  about  600  ft.  in  length 
from  bow  to  stern,  drawing  about  35  ft.  of  water.  The  ships 
in  the  convoy  were  the  first  things  that  we  had  seen  which 
were  camouflaged.  They  were  painted  in  different  colors,  the 
lines  of  painting  irregular,  making  the  ship  hard  to  distinguish 
at  a  distance.  The  interior  of  the  ship  was  very  crudely  con- 
structed in  the  lower  decks,  as  it  had  been  a  cattle  boat,  but 
as  we  hung  our  beds  up  in  the  air  it  didn't  make  very  much 
difference  about  the  condition  of  the  ship.  As  soon  as  the 
ship  was  under-  way  and  the  United  States  was  out  of  sight 
we  were  wondering  whether  we  were  going  to  be  seasick  and 
feed  the  fishes  while  we  were  coming  across. 

About  the  second  or  third  day  out  a  few  of  the  men  be- 
gan to  miss  some  of  their  meals,  but  as  the  sea  was  excep- 
tionally calm  there  were  only  a  very  few  men  that  experienced 
seasickness.  There  was  only  one  day  that  the  waves  were 
large  enough  to  come  up  over  the  sides  of  our  vessel. 


There  was  a  bunch  of  the  men  loafing  along  on  the  midship 
deck  watching  the  waves  roll  when  all  at  once  it  appeared 
that  a  shower  bath  had  been  ordered  but  the  men  didn't  seem 
to  stay  on  deck  long  as  the  water  was  coming  over  in  sheets, 
drenching  those  who  were  on  deck.  We  didn't  need  to  stay 
down  long  as  the  sea  was  soon  calm. 

A  very  strange  incident  that  a  few  of  us  had  the  pleasure 
to  witness  happened  about  noon  one  day  when  a  few  of  us 
were  on  the  upper  fore  deck  watching  the  waves  roll  up 
against  the  bow.  A  small  whale  appeared  just  under  the  sur- 
face of  the  water,  swimming  along  just  ahead  of  the  ship, 
and  in  a  moment  another  and  another  appeared  until  there 
were  six  of  them  swimming  along  side  by  side.  They  would 
dart  up  to  the  surface  of  the  water,  turn  on  their  sides  or 
backs  and  dive  down  again  out  of  sight.  They  kept  this  up 
for  nearly  five  minutes  when  they  suddenly  disappeared.  They 
were  about  eight  or  ten  feet  long  and  of  a  dark  color.  While 
they  were  "showing  off"  to  us  they  certainly  proved  them- 
selves excellent  swimmers  and  divers. 

There  was  no  excitement  during  our  trip  across  with  the 
exception  of  one  night  about  1  o'clock  when  the  whistles 
were  blowing  on  a  couple  of  the  ships  and  the  battle  cruiser 
that  was  with  us  suddenly  turned  passing  close  in  the  rear  of 
our  ship  and  going  on  until  arriving  between  the  second  and 
third  ships  of  the  convoy  when  it  suddenly  opened  fire  with 
a  burst  of  five  shots  from  the  8-inch  guns.  Evidently,  the 
other  ships  scattered,  going  in  different  directions,  going  in  a 
zigzag  course  and  keeping  this  up  for  nearly  two  hours.  As 
day  began  to  dawn  the  ships  again  took  up  their  former  po- 
sitions and  everything  seemed  to  be  all  right  again.  We  were 
told  by  some  of  the  ship's  crew  that  a  submarine  had  been 
sighted  but  they  were  not  certain  as  to  whether  it  was  de- 
stroyed and  sent  to  the  bottom  or  not. 

Sing,  Sleep  and  Study  I.  D.  R. 

Our  trip  across  the  ocean,  which  lasted  12  days,  was  very 
pleasant,  as  the  sea  was  extraordinarily  calm  and  we  were 
not  bothered  by  the  submarines,  so  we  spent  most  of  our  time 
singing,  sleeping  in  the  sun  on  the  upper  deck,  and  studying 
the  I.  D.  R.  Another  big  job  we  had  to  learn  was  to  eat  the 
food  that  was  served  to  us.  It  consisted  of  soup,  mutton  and 
plum  pudding.  The  soup,  which  was  not  seasoned  at  all,  was 
very  different  from  any  that  we  had  ever  eaten.  The  mutton 
was  also  very  different  from  that  which  we  had  eaten  in  the 
States.  The  plum  pudding  was  about  the  only  thing  that  we 
could  eat  so  we  were  always  wishing  for  the  time  when  the 
K.  P.'s  would  bring  it  down  again. 

On  the  evening  of  Aug.  27  we  were  able  to  see  land  away 
in  the  distance.  Some  of  us  stayed  up  on  deck  long  into  the 
night  so  we  would  be  up  when  we  landed.  It  became  too  cold 
to  stay  up  so  we  went  down  to  bed.  In  the  morning  we  found 
that  we  were  anchored  in  the  harbor  at  Liverpool.  We  lay 
there  till  about  8  o'clock,  when  we  moved  up  to  the  dock  and 
went  down  the  gangplank  that  put  us  for  the  first  time  on 
foreign  soil  and  ended  our  first  voyage  across  the  Atlantic.  It 
was  a  grand  feeling  to  have  our  feet  on  land  again  and  to 
have  a  little  elbow  room. 

Marching  up  through  the  streets  from  the  dock  to  the 
R.  R.  station  we  were  able  to  see  and  compare  a  foreign  city 
with  those  of  America.  We  found  that  the  streets  were  much 
narrower,  not  as  well  kept  and  not  so  smooth.  The  street 
cars  were  very  different,  being  much  shorter,  higher  and  very 
antique.  The  buildings  and  stores  are  not  to  be  compared 
with  those  of  the  States.  They  are  made  of  stone  and  very 
small.  The  things  that  they  have  to  sell  are  also  very  different. 
Going  into  a  store  you  may  find  some  groceries,  meats,  hard- 
ware and  wines. 

When  we  were  marching  to  the  station  the  band  met  us, 
playing  some  of  America's  pieces  which  we  were  very  glad  to 
hear.  They  followed  us  and  played  while  we  were  loading 
onto  a  foreign  train  for  the  first  time.  After  we  had  placed 
all  our  packs  in  the  cars  we  were  given  cards,  compliments 
of  King  George,  to  send  home  to  our  folks.  We  were  also 
given  coffee,  cookies  and  papers,  which  we  were  anxious  to 
read  as  we  had  had  no  news  of  the  war  since  leaving  the 
States. 

The  people  were  very  nice  to  us  there  and  nothing  seemed 
too  good  for  us,  and  one  man  told  some  of  the  men  that  their 


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country  was  being  saved  by  the  Yankees.  Some  of  the  men 
stayed  in  Liverpool  for  a  couple  of  hours  which  gave  them  a 
chance  to  see  more  of  the  town  and  also  gave  them  a  chance 
to  send  a  cablegram  home  to  the  folks  telling  them  we  had 
arrived  safely  "over  seas." 

We  left  Liverpool  riding  in  a  train  that  was  very  dif- 
ferent from  those  in  the  U.  S.  A.  The  cars  were  very  much 
shorter  and  not  as  high  being  partitioned  off  so  that  a  squad 
of  eight  men  rode  in  a  section  by  themselves,  the  doors  of  the 
cars  being  in  the  sides. 

See  Many  Queer  Things 

Riding  through  England  for  the  first  time  we  saw  many 
interesting  things,  the  lay  of  the  land  and  how  it  was  divided 
into  fields.  The  fields  are  much  smaller  than  we  are  used  to, 
being  surrounded  with  rock  walls,  rail  fences  or  hedges,  which 
as  a  rule  are  very  well  kept.  The  land  was  plowed  in  narrow 
strips,  which  made  ridges  from  the  back  furrows.  There  was 
acre  after  acre  of  potato  fields  which  seemed  to  be  their  main 
crop,  and  which  they  were  digging  as  we  passed  by.  Some 
wheat,  oats  and  barley  is  raised,  but  we  did  not  see  a  field 
or  even  a  stalk  of  corn  since  leaving  the  States. 

The  buggies  and  wagons  are  also  very  queer,  the  buggies 
having  only  two  wheels  which  are  very  high  and  shafts  that 
are  long  with  a  large  bend  in  them  which  makes  the  end  point 
nearly  straight  down.  The  most  of  the  wagons  also  have 
only  two  wheels  which  are  large  and  heavy,  the  body  or  run- 
ning gears  are  merely  two  logs  that  have  been  cut  out,  laid 
across  the  axle  and  extend  far  enough  ahead  for  the  shafts, 
as  there  are  no  tongues  in  the  wagons.  The  load  is  placed  on 
the  boards  that  are  nailed  to  the  two  logs  and  held  on  by 
sticks  that  are  used  as  standards.  Many  of  us  saw  for  the 
first  time  a  yoke  of  oxen  being  worked  and  thought  it  strange 
that  people  living  in  the  20th  century  would  be  working  oxen, 
but  as  we  went  along  we  found  that  there  were  many  oxen 
being  worked  as  horses  are  scarce.  The  horses  they  do  have 
are  mostly  large  and  heavy,  being  of  a  good  breed,  but  most 
of  them  have  evidently  been  taken  for  the  Big  War.  Hogs 
were  also  very  scarce  and  I  remember  of  seeing  only  two  or 
three  hogs  on  our  entire  trip  across  England. 

Arriving  at  Birmingham  about  2  P.  M.  we  stopped  long 
enough  for  the  men  to  get  a  cup  of  coffee  that  was  being 
served  by  the  Red  Cross  ladies  and  buy  a  few  things  that 
were  for  sale  at  small  stands  in  the  depot.  This  was  the  first 
time  we  had  ever  had  any  one  refuse  to  take  American  money, 
they  would  take  a  dollar  bill  and  if  you  had  change  coming 
you  were  fortunate,  so  some  of  the  boys  paid  a  good  price  for 
cigarettes,  but  they  were  glad  to  get  them  as  nearly  everyone 
was  out  of  cigarettes  before  we  reached  Liverpool. 

Our  next  stop  was  Winchester,  arriving  there  at  7  o'clock 
in  the  evening.  We  unloaded  and  marched  up  through  the  town 
to  a  camp  which  we  were  told  was  a  rest  camp,  and  it  turned 
out  to  be  a  real  rest  camp,  one  that  we  enjoyed  very  much 
as  we  had  made  the  hike  of  about  three  miles  up  hill  with 
full  packs  and  without  supper.  We  were  given  a  very  light 
supper  which  rested  our  stomachs  too,  and  as  we  were  very 
tired  from  our  long  journey  we  went  to  our  tents  to  go  to 
bed.  There  we  found  that  we  were  to  have  a  change  from 
sleeping  in  beds  so  lay  down  on  the  soft  side  of  the  boards 
on  the  floor  of  the  tent.  It  was  very  cold  that  night  and  so 
many  of  us  in  each  tent  that  we  could  do  very  little  resting. 
^  The  next  morning,  Aug.  29,  we  left  our  first  rest  camp  at 
7  o'clock,  marched  back  to  the  station  where  we  had  detrained 
before  and  boarded  the  car  for  Southampton.  Landing  there 
at  11  o'clock  we  lay  in  the  dock  until  about  5  o'clock  that 
evening'  when  we  went  aboard  the  channel  boat  St.  George. 
During  our  wait  in  the  dock  we  were  able  to  go  out  around 
the  harbor  for  a  few  minutes  at  a  time  so  were  able  to  see  a 
few  large  ships  laying  at  dock,  some  of  them  also  being  in 
dry  docks.  Two  of  them  were  British  ships  that  had  been 
torpedoed  by  German  submarines  and  were  in  for  repairs, 
thus  giving  us  a  grand  opportunity  to  see  the  results  that  a 
torpedo  can  accomplish.  The  Olympic  was  among  the  ships 
that  were  laying  at  dock,  loading  and  getting  ready  to  make 
another  trip.  We  were  told  that  she  had  just  arrived  carry- 
ing 8,000  American  Red  Cross  nurses  that  were  to  care  for 
our  sick  and  wounded. 


Cross  Channel  in  the  Night 

We  started  across  the  English  Channel  at  about  6  o'clock, 
so  we  could  make  the  trip  at  night.  As  we  sailed  out  from  the 
harbor  we  realized  that  we  were  making  the  most  dangerous 
trip  as  there  were  floats  and  mines  anchored  all  through  the 
harbor  except  in  one  part  that  was  left  for  the  ships  to  sail 
through  and  as  we  got  out  farther  we  saw  several  battleships 
laying  in  the  harbor  guarding  the  ships  there.  There  were 
some  poles  sticking  up  out  of  the  water  in  one  place  and  on 
one  of  them  was  a  sign  "DANGER"  which  evidently  was  to 
show  that  a  ship  had  been  sunk  there. 

As  night  came  on  it  was  getting  cold  and  windy  so  we 
were  forced  to  go  down  below,  and  as  there  were  no  hammocks 
for  us  to  sleep  in  we  were  forced  to  sleep  any  place  we  could 
find.  Many  of  us  were  fortunate  enough  to  hire  bunks  from 
the  ship's  crew  so  we  put  in  a  wonderful  night's  sleep  which 
was  the  first  we  had  since  leaving  Camp  Dodge,  but  for  those 
who  were  not  able  to  get  bunks  the  night  was  long  and  dreary. 
They  lay  down  in  the  hallways,  on  the  steps  and  every  place 
there  was  room  to  stay,  and  when  anyone  passed  down  the 
hall  it  was  nothing  to  have  your  head  stepped  on  by  some 
one  wearing  hobnailed  shoes.  We  were  passing  through  the 
most  dangerous  period  in  our  journey  but  no  one  seemed  to 
be  very  much  worried,  at  least  nothing  was  said  as  we  were 
well  protected  because  there  was  a  battleship  sailing  in  front 
of  us  breaking  the  way  or  disclosing  any  mines  that  might  be 
in  our  path. 

Early  in  the  morning  we  landed  at  Le  Havre,  debarked 
about  8  o'clock  and  marched  five  miles  through  the  town 
which  was  mostly  up  hill  to  a  large  American  camp  which  was 
called  Camp  One,  Section  B.  Le  Havre  proved  to  be  a  very 
beautiful  city.  The  camp  was  a  large  camp  of  tents  located 
on  top  of  a  hill  and  surrounded  with  a  high  wire  fence,  with 
guards  walking  post  on  either  side.  We  were  placed  in  the 
tents,  one  squad  to  a  tent,  and  as  they  were  small  tents,  eight 
men  filled  them  up  so  that  we  were  too  crowded  to  sleep  as 
well  as  we  should  have. 

On  the  night  of  Aug.  31  we  left  camp  at  11  o'clock  mak- 
ing a  midnight  hike  down  the  hill  with  full  packs.  That  was 
one  hike  that  the  men  will  never  forget  for  the  officer  that 
was  leading  the  companies  must  have  been  trying  to  see  how 
fast  we  could  walk  down  that  dark,  rough  rocky  road.  We 
reached  the  station  at  about  1 :30  that  night  and  were  so  tired 
that  we  took  off  our  packs  and  laid  them  down  on  the  stone 
platform  and  in  a  few  minutes  many  of  us  were  sound  asleep. 
In  a  short  time  we  were  loaded  in  box  cars  that  were  very 
small  and  very  much  open.  The  roofs  in  most  of  the  cars 
were  mostly  cracks  and  as  it  rained  the  next  morning  we 
were  pretty  well  soaked.  There  were  from  30  to  40  men  pack- 
ed in  each  car  making  it  so  crowded  we  could  not  lie  down 
and  it  seemed  that  all  the  wheels  of  the  car  were  flat  from 
the  noise  it  made  and  the  way  it  was  bouncing  over  the  nar- 
row track  we  were  hard  put  to  stay  in  the  car,  let  alone  try- 
ing to  get  any  rest. 

Making  our  first  trip  through  France  in  a  box  car  on 
Sunday  morning  we  saw  some  very  interesting  things.  The 
country  was  very  much  like  that  of  England  only  not  so  welt 
kept.  We  traveled  along  the  Seine  River  and  through  the 
outskirts  of  Paris,  being  able  to  see  the  world  famous  Eiffel 
tower  in  the  distance.  The  next  morning  we  were  unloaded 
at  Les  Laumes  where  we  pitched  our  pup  tents  in  a  stubble 
field  on  the  edge  of  town.  After  making  that  our  home  for 
a  couple  of  days  we  went  about  a  mile  and  a  half  to  Alise 
Sainte  Reine  where  we  were  billeted  in  barns,  empty  houses, 
and  every  place  that  a  man  could  sleep.  The  people  there 
proved  to  be  very  nice  to  us  as  they  tried  to  do  everything 
they  could  for  us.  We  were  the  first  American  soldiers  sta- 
tioned there  and  there  was  one  little  store  that  you  could 
scarcely  buy  anything  at,  but  after  we  had  been  there  for 
some  time  they  had  more  than  doubled  their  stock  and  also 
doubled  their  prices. 

Ruins  of  B.  C.  City 

As  we  learned  the  history  of  Alise  Sainte  Reine  it  proved 
to  be  a  very  old  town,  some  of  its  buildings  being  built  in  1626. 
There  were  some  ruins  a  very  short  distance  from  the  town 
and  we  were  told  that  they  were  the  ruins  of  a  city  that  had 
been  built  before  Christ.  There  were  the  ruins  of  the  battle- 
fields on  which  Caesar  had  fought  with  the  Gauls  and  a  statue 


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of  Napoleon  was  standing  on  the  same  ground,  while  a  statue 
of  Joan  of  Arc  marked  a  corner  in  the  little  town. 

We  left  Alise  Sainte  Reine  on  the  night  of  Sept.  IS  about 
11:30,  marching  back  to  Les  Laumes  loaded  onto  a  freight 
train  and  rode  until  about  3:30  the  next  afternoon  when  we 
landed  in  Belfort  from  which  place  we  hiked  about  eight 
miles  to  Vezelois. 

Arriving  there  about  7 :30  in  the  evening  we  were  too 
tired  to  hunt  billets  so  we  made  our  beds  on  the  ground.  As 
it  grew  darker  we  could  see  the  rockets  fired  in  the  front 
line  trenches  and  hear  the  big  guns.  The  next  morning  we 
could  see  the  Vosges  Mountains  away  in  the  distance.  One 
point  of  them  we  were  told  was  in  Germany  and  on  another 
we  were  shown  the  place  where  30,000  Germans  had  lost  their 
lives.  At  this  place  we  were  only  14  miles  from  the  front 
lines  and  we  could  hear  the  big  guns  every  night  and  nearly 
every  day  we  saw  a  battle  in  the  air  between  the  French  and 
German  aviators. 

"  One  day  we  saw  a  very  pretty  sight.  There  were  two 
German  planes  flying  very  high  nearly  out  of  sight  and  being 
fired  at  by  anti-aircraft  guns.  We  could  see  the  shrapnel 
shells  bursting  all  around  them.  When  one  burst  right  at 
one  of  the  planes  it  swayed  a  second,  turned  nose  downward 
and  fell  clear  to  the  ground. 

Many  times  I  have  heard  France  spoken  of  as  "Sunny 
France"  but  every  day  that  passed  the  less  I  thought  that  the 
sun  ever  shone  in  France.  It  rained  day  after  day  and  when 
it  didn't  rain  it  was  either  cloudy  or  foggy  so  that  the  ground 
had  no  chance  to  dry  up.  We  went  to  drill  every  day  so  our 
feet  were  always  wet  and  many  times  it  was  not  only  our 
feet  but  our  clothing  also.  When  we  reached  our  billets  we 
had  no  place  to  dry  our  clothing  as  we  were  living  in  barns 
so  a  good  many  of  the  men  took  cold  which  soon  turned  into 
influenza  and  we  began  to  send  men  to  the  hospital  every  day. 
Some  of  them  have  never  returned. 

Captain  and  Mail  from  Home 

One  evening  as  we  were  all  sitting  around  in  billets  the 
word  came  that  our  dearest  friend,  the  person  we  all  wanted 
to  see  most  and  the  one  we  had  more  confidence  in  than  any 
one  else,  had  arrived  in  town.  We  all  rushed  out  to  take  him 
by  the  hand  or  at  least  to  see  our  captain,  who  had  left  us  at 
Camp  Dodge  to  come  over  before  us  and  get  things  ready  for 
us.  The  captain  seemed  to  be  very  glad  to  see  us,  but  I  am 
afraid  he  will  never  know  what  it  meant  to  us  to  have  him 
return.  A  few  nights  later  the  mail  from  our  home  folks 
came  in  for  the  first  time  since  we  had  been  in  France  and 
the  captain  sat  up  with  the  boys  sorting  and  giving  out  the 
mail  so  that  the  men  would  get  it  as  soon  as  possible. 

On  Saturday  evening,  Oct.  5,  we  rolled  full  packs  and 
hiked  about  six  miles  to  a  little  town  called  Fontenelle,  where 
we  were  all  put  into  a  large  barn  to  spend  the  night.  In  the 
morning  when  we  got  out  there  was  a  heavy  frost,  the  first 
one  we  had  while  we  were  over  there.  At  noon  we  were 
told  to  roll  packs  again  and  the  men  that  were  too  weak  or 
too  sick  to  carry  their  packs  had  them  hauled.  This  was  the 
last  hike  that  was  made  for  some  time  by  many  of  the  men. 
We  were  all  wondering  where  we  were  going,  but  we  soon 
found  that  we  were  going  back  to  Vezelois  again. 

While  we  were  making  this  hike  we  could  see  a  search- 
light throwing  its  beams  looking  for  airplanes.  This  pre- 
caution was  taken  every  night  to  guard  against  observation 
by  airplanes  as  all  our  traveling  or  hiking  was  done  at  night. 
These  night  marches  were  necessary,  as  it  would  have  been 
easy  for  the  Hun  planes  to  observe  the  strength  and  probable 
destination  of  troops  if  they  had  marched  by  day.  This  was 
a  disappointment  to  all  of  us  as  we  had  no  opportunity  to  see 
the  country  through  which  we  passed,  and  also  for  the  reason 
that  they  were  very  monotonous;  just  a  steady  march,  march, 
march,  except  for  our  ten-minute  fall-outs  and  then  we  were 
unable  to  see  what  we  sat  down  on  or  in. 

On  the  evening  of  Oct.  10  we  left  Vezelois  and  hiked  to 
Rougemont,  which  was  a  distance  of  about  14  miles.  This 
trip  was  very  hard  on  the  men  as  nearly  all  of  us  had  been 
feeling  indisposed  or  had  just  been  in  the  hospital,  and  carry- 
ing full  packs,  we  certainly  were  glad  when  we  reached  the 
billets  we  were  to  sleep  in.  We  stayed  in  this  town  for  a 
couple  of  days  in  French  barracks,  had  a  good  warm  bath 
and  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  in  the  town  in  the  evenings. 


This  was  one  of  the  towns  in  which  we  were  able  to  buy 
things  that  we  wanted,  as  there  had  been  a  good  many  Amer- 
ican soldiers  there  some  time  before  and  the  shopkeepers  had 
found  out  what  the  American  troops  wanted  and  had  pur- 
chased a  good  supply  accordingly  to  take  care  of  the  next 
bunch  arriving. 

On  Saturday  evening  we  heard  some  heavy  firing  from 
the  big  guns  up  at  the  front  and  we  knew  that  a  heavy  bom- 
bardment was  on.  We  did  not  know  then  whether  it  was  the 
Germans  or  the  French  that  were  putting  it  over  but  we  learn- 
ed afterward  that  it  was  the  Germans  shelling  Eglingen,  which 
was  entirely  destroyed.  When  some  of  the  shells  burst  it 
seemed  as  though  the  ground  under  us  was  trembling  and  we 
were  eight  miles  from  the  town  that  was  being  shelled,  so 
we  could  imagine  what  it  would  be  like  if  we  were  there. 

Hike  to  Camp  Norman 

On  Sunday  evening,  Oct.  13,  we  left  Rougemont,  making 
another  long  hike  to  Camp  Norman,  which  was  located  in  the 
woods  near  Chavennes  le  Loire  and  close  to  the  front  line 
trenches.  During  our  stay  in  camp  we  visited  this  town  quite 
often  as  we  were  only  about  a  mile  from  there.  This  town 
was  about  five  miles  from  Montreux  Chateau,  where  Divi- 
sional and  Regimental  Hdqtrs.  were,  and  some  of  us  went 
there  a  few  times  as  it  had  some  dandy  stores  and  among 
those  supplies  obtainable  was  excellent  chocolate. 

We  were  out  in  the  field  one  day  close  to  the  front  when 
we  saw  three  French  planes  flying  toward  the  German  planes 
when  they  began  circling  around  each  other  and  the  battle  was 
on.  They  were  using  their  machine  guns,  diving  and  darting 
through  the  air.  None  of  the  planes  were  brought  down,  but 
the  French  proved  themselves  the  best  birdmen.  The  Ger- 
mans decided  it  was  time  for  them  to  go  home  and  the  French 
planes  followed  them  a  little  ways  when  the  anti-aircraft 
guns  opened  up  on  the  Germans  and  drove  them  out  of  our 
sight. 

The  barracks  at  this  camp  which  we  occupied  were  made 
by  the  French  and  the  bunks  were  a  wooden  frame  with  wires 
stretched  across  to  sleep  on.  They  were  certainly  uncomforta- 
ble as  the  wires  were  about  eight  inches  apart  and  in  the 
morning  when  we  got  up  we  looked  like  waffles,  only  we  were 
pretty  badly  bent.  It  was  still  raining  nearly  every  day  so  the 
roads  were  very  wet  and  muddy. 

About  5  o'clock  Thursday  evening,  Oct.  24,  we  rolled  our 
packs  and  got  out  on  the  line  ready  to  start  for  the  first 
time  into  active  service  at  the  big  front  in  the  world's  greatest 
war.  We  started  out  in  the  rain,  the  road  was  muddy  and 
dark,  making  walking  hard  and  disagreeable.  After  we  had 
traveled  for  a  couple  of  hours  we  were  given  orders  that  there 
was  to  be  no  more  smoking  or  loud  talking  so  we  knew  that 
we  were  getting  pretty  close  to  the  front.  After  a  long  tire- 
some walk  we  reached  Hagenback,  which  is  in  Germany 
where  the  platoons  were  separated  and  each  given  a  guide 
who  took  us  to  the  sector  that  we  were  to  occupy. 

As  our  platoon  moved  out  the  men  walked  in  single  file, 
one  on  each  side  of  the  road.  Everyone  kept  very  quiet  as 
we  knew  that  the  Huns  had  the  range  of  the  road  and  if 
they  thought  or  knew  that  a  relief  was  being  made  they  would 
have  turned  their  artillery  on  the  road  and  made  it  very  un- 
pleasant for  us.  Ending  our  hike,  which  was  a  distance  of 
about  14  miles,  we  entered  the  trenches  and  took  posts  at 
12:30  that  night.  We  were  given  our  range,  or  field  of  fire, 
and  received  the  orders  from  the  men  we  were  relieving  just 
as  they  moved  out  leaving  us,  a  green  set  of  regiments,  to 
hold  the  ground. 

It  was  very  hard  to  go  through  a  dark,  muddy,  narrow 
trench  without  making  any  noise  but  the  relief  was  made  so 
quietly  that  the  Germans  knew  nothing  of  it,  for  they  did  not 
send  over  a  barrage  as  they  had  done  so  many  times  before. 
During  a  relief  is  a  very  good  time  to  send  over  a  barrage 
as  the  old  men  are  leaving  their  posts  and  the  new  ones  com- 
ing in  making  a  concentration  of  troops  on  which  artillery  fire 
could  inflict  heavy  losses. 

Trenches  in  Poor  Condition 

Some  of  the  posts  we  took  over  were  in  awfully  poor 
condition,  full  of  mud,  water  and  trash.  Of  course  we  got 
practically  no  sleep  that  night,  as  we  got  only  a  hazy  idea  of 


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where  the  enemy  trenches  were  from  the  men  we  relieved 
and  were  naturally  on  edge  from  uncertainty. 

When  morning  came  and  we  got  the  lay  of  the  land  we 
became  more  confident  and  were  able  to  get  some  real  rest 
when  our  turn  came  to  rest.  After  each  man  had  rested  some, 
we  got  busy  and  cleaned  out  the  little  dugout  that  was  at  the 
post  I  was  on,  fixed  up  a  couple  of  boards  for  bunks,  hung 
our  shelter  halves  up  at  the  doors  and  fixed  it  up  so  that  we 
had  a  fairly  good  place  to  stay,  although  it  was  very  cold  as 
we  were  not  allowed  to  have  any  fire. 

We  were  up  against  a  very  different  proposition  than 
we  had  ever  tackled  before  and  we  soon  found  that  it  was  a 
man-size  job.  Standing  post  was  not  so  bad  in  the  day 
time  but  at  night  we  spent  many  cold  and  lonesome  nights. 
There  were  always  two  men  on  duty  at  each  post  at  night 
and  from  S  P.  M.  during  the  night  they  would  wake  the  third 
man  at  the  end  of  two  hours  so  that  we  stood  post  four  hours 
and  slept  two. 

The  first  few  nights  one  of  us  would  see  the  stump  of  a 
tree  which  had  been  shot  off  by  the  big  guns  and  the  first 
minute  it  looked  like  a  tree,  the  next  minute  like  a  man,  and 
in  a  few  minutes  it  seemed  an  army.  If  a  noise  was  heard 
that  sounded  like  the  Germans  coming  over  we  would  locate 
the  spot  it  was  heard  from  and  if  it  was  heard  again  a  gre- 
nade was  thrown  and  everyone  was  on  his  feet  ready  for  an 
attack. 

One  morning  about  11  o'clock  we  were  cleaning  our 
guns  and  getting  ready  for  anything  that  might  happen  when 
all  at  once  we  heard  shells  bursting  all  around  us,  tearing  big 
holes  in  the  ground  and  throwing  dirt  into  the  air.  Everyone 
grabbed  his  gun,  went  out  along  the  trench  and  waited  for 
the  order  from  the  corporal  to  go  "over  the  top."  The  reason 
for  going  out  in  the  trenches  and  leaving  the  dugout  was  that 
if  a  shell  hit  the  dugout  only  the  man  that  was  left  to  stand 
post  would  be  killed.  The  trenches  were  very  little  protec- 
tion, though,  as  the  shells  were  alighting  in  them  and  tearing 
them  all  to  pieces.  We  could  scatter  out  and  if  a  shell  landed 
only  one  man  would  be  a  casualty,  where  if  we  had  all  re- 
mained in  the  dugout  and  a  shell  landed  on  it  we  would  have 
all  been  killed. 

Found  what  Barrage  was  Like 

We  had  all  been  wondering  what  a  barrage  was  like,  but 
in  about  two  minutes  speculation  in  that  regard  was  finished 
and  we  began  to  wonder  where  the  next  shell  would  land. 
One  of  our  men  was  walking  in  the  trench  holding  his  rifle  in 
his  hand  when  a  shell  struck  the  gun  at  the  small  of  the  stock 
smashing  the  gun  in  two,  tore  the  canteen  from  his  belt  and 
tearing  his  overcoat.  Another  man  had  one  of  his  arms  shot 
off  and  his  leg  broken.  He  was  rushed  to  the  hospital  but 
died  in  a  few  days  from  loss  of  blood.  As  soon  as  the  bar- 
rage lifted  a  raiding  party  of  40  Huns  came  over  and  attacked 
Post  57A,  I  Company's  sector,  and  in  the  battle  that  followed 
one  Hun  sergeant  was  wounded  and  captured,  one  Hun  private 
killed,  and  one  of  our  men  killed  and  one  wounded. 

The  corporal  in  charge  of  this  post  distinguished  himself 
in  the  fight  and  undoubtedly  will  receive  the  D.  S.  C.  He 
claims  that  many  of  the  Huns  were  wounded,  but  they  suc- 
ceeded in  carrying  them  with  the  exception  of  the  two  men- 
tioned, back  to  their  trenches.  The  prisoner  told  that  they 
had  been  forced  to  make  the  attack  by  their  officers  and  that 
they  had  been  lying  out  in  front  of  our  lines  from  3  o'clock 
that  morning  waiting  for  the  artillery  to  open  up  the  barrage. 
Just  before  he  died  from  the  wounds  he  had  received  the  ser- 
geant asked  for  a  cup  of  coffee,  which  was  given  him,  and 
he  said  that  they  were  getting  practically  nothing  to  eat  and 
were  being  forced  to  fight. 

After  the  barrage  which  lasted  only  IS  minutes  but  which 
seemed  like  a  day  to  us,  we  all  knew  what  it  was  like  to  go 
through  a  real  barrage  but  were  awfully  glad  when  the  first 
one  was  over.  We  have  been  told  about  barrages,  have  read 
about  them  and  formed  opinions  of  what  a  barrage  would  be 
like,  but  now  we  know  from  experience  the  real  meaning  of 
one.  From  that  day  on  the  men  dreaded  a  barrage ;  we  were 
not  afraid  of  gas  for  we  knew  our  masks  were  ample  pro- 
tection against  that;  we  were  not  afraid  of  infantrymen  for 
we  had  good  rifles  and  bayonets  with  plenty  of  ammunition 
and  grenades,  knew  how  to  use  them  and  had  plenty  of  boys 
"rearing  to  go." 


The  enemy  airplanes  were  over  our  lines  a  great  deal  as 
we  had  practically  no  planes  to  oppose  them  and  they  secured 
much  valuable  information,  in  fact  their  reconnaissance  was 
so  good  that  the  barrage  mentioned  above  was  not  accidental 
in  its  accuracy  but  due  to  the  planes'  good  scouting  work  in 
locating  our  trenches.  Our  anti-aircraft  guns  were  able  to 
keep  them  from  effective  machine  gun  fire  distance  but  could 
not  prevent  their  thorough  reconnaissance  of  our  lines. 

No  Protection  from  Shrapnel 

But  when  a  barrage  started  with  shrapnel  flying  all  about 
us  and  shells  tearing  big  holes  in  the  ground  we  knew  that 
there  was  no  protection  from  that  except  to  go  over  the  top 
and  ahead  of  the  shelled  area,  as  that  would  be  our  only 
place  of  safety.  When  a  barrage  is  started  it  is  thrown  on 
the  area  to  be  shelled  in  either  a  box  shape  with  one  side  left 
open,  or  a  V-shape.  If  we  were  in  the  center  of  the  area  the 
shells  would  be  thrown  on  the  right,  left  and  back  of  us,  stead- 
ily being  drawn  in  toward  the  center  until  the  whole  area  had 
been  shelled.  That  being  done,  the  only  safe  place  was  di- 
rectly in  front  of  the  German  lines  which  was  too  close  to 
their  trenches  to  be  shelled. 

We  had  plenty  of  practice  with  the  bayonet  and  trench 
knife  while  we  were  in  the  trenches  as  every  night  and  many 
times  a  day  there  were  rats  that  were  nearly  as  large  as  cats 
running  all  around  us.  While  we  were  sleeping  they  would 
come  out,  run  over  our  bodies  and  across  our  faces  and  play 
around  us  until  they  were  driven  away.  They  had  more  nerve 
than  the  Germans  for  they  would  run  over  our  guns  while  we 
were  on  post,  eat  our  bread  and  get  into  everything  they  could 
find.  The  noise  that  they  made  kept  us  guessing  sometimes  to 
know  whether  it  was  Germans  or  rats. 

Our  kitchen  was  located  back  of  the  trenches  about  a 
half  mile  and  at  5  o'clock  in  the  morning  two  of  the  men 
would  go  back  for  coffee  which  was  our  breakfast,  then  about 
11  o'clock  we  had  our  dinner  and  at  4  o'clock  supper.  We 
also  received  our  mail  which  we  certainly  enjoyed  and  which 
put  courage  into  the  men.  The  people  who  have  contributed 
to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  have  probably  wondered  whether  the  boys 
at  the  front  were  getting  any  good  of  it  or  not,  but  if  they 
knew  how  much  we  enjoyed  eating  a  package  of  cookies  about 
midnight  when  we  were  standing  post  on  a  lonesome  cold  night 
they  would  never  regret  what  they  have  given  for  the  boys. 
The  "Y"  furnished  us  with  cookies,  chocolate  and  tobacco  and 
the  people  will  probably  never  know  how  much  we  appreciated 
and  enjoyed  them. 

On  Saturday  evening,  Nov.  2,  we  were  told  that  the 
French  were  coming  in  to  relieve  us,  so  we  got  things  ready 
to  move  out  and  at  10  o'clock  that  night  we  left  our  post  to 
go  back  of  the  lines  for  rest.  We  hiked  from  the  trenches 
back  through  Hagenback  to  Dannemarie  where  we  spent  the 
night  in  barns  that  had  been  fixed  up  for  billets.  We  reached 
there  about  4  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  as  everyone  was 
tired  and  sleepy  we  put  in  the  most  of  the  morning  sleeping. 

That  evening,  which  was  Sunday,  we  were  ordered  to 
roll  packs  and  be  ready  to  move  at  any  time.  Just  before  we 
moved  our  captain  came  up  to  us  and  told  us  that  we  had  a 
long  hike  to  make  and  for  us  to  leave  our  packs,  but  if  we 
wished  we  could  carry  a  blanket  or  two.  Two  of  us  decided 
to  make  a  light  pack  together,  so  we  could  change  off  carrying 
it,  making  it  easier  for  both  of  us  and  still  each  of  us  would 
have  a  blanket  when  we  reached  our  destination. 

Long  March  Through  Belfort 

We  had  supper  and  were  given  a  sandwich  to  carry  and 
at  5  o'clock  started  on  our  trip,  which  proved  to  be  one  of 
the  hardest  ones  we  had  ever  had.  After  passing  several 
towns  we  found  we  were  going  over-  a  road  that  we  had  trav- 
eled over  before,  and  we  knew  that  we  were  nearing  Belfort. 
Immediately  we  thought  that  would  be  where  we  were  to  stop, 
but  we  were  disappointed,  for  we  kept  on  going  through  the 
town. 

Everyone  was  so  tired  it  seemed  impossible  to  go  another 
mile  but  we  kept  toiling  along  till  about  5  o'clock  Monday 
morning,  when  we  reached  a  little  town  called  La  Salbert, 
where  we  literally  dropped  into  the  cowbarns  or  any  place 
and  were  dead  to  the  world  for  the  rest  of  the  day.  Most 
of  us  were  too  tired  to  get  up  and  eat  which  is  some  tired. 


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During  our  stay  in  this  town  we  spent  most  of  our  time  po- 
licing it,  cleaning  every  out-of-the-way  place,  which  made  it 
cleaner  than  it  had  ever  been  before. 

At  2  A.  M.  on  the  morning  of  Nov.  10th  our  company 
moved  into  Belfort,  as  we  were  to  load  the  equipment  of  the 
brigade  to  be  hauled  some  place  near  the  big  front,  so  we 
knew  we  were  going  into  action  again.  The  company  moved 
into  a  large  French  barracks,  where  it  was  divided  into  two 
shifts,  and  one  shift  went  into  the  trainyards  to  start  loading 
the  trains,  while  the  other  shift  finished  their  night's  rest. 
While  our  shift  was  off  duty  we  spent  the  day,  which  was 
Sundae-,  in  seeing  some  of  the  things  of  interest  in  Belfort. 
One  of  them  is  a  statue  of  a  lion  which  is  68  feet  long  and 
45  feet  high,  which  is  certainly  a  masterpiece  of  sculpture. 
It  had  been  designed  and  constructed  by  the  same  man  that 
built  the  Statue  of  Liberty  located  in  the  harbor  of  New  York. 
On  the  second  day  of  our  stay  in  Belfort,  which  was  Nov. 
11,  the  word  was  received  that  the  armistice  had  been  signed, 
that  fighting  was  over  for  36  days  and  that  peace  would  very 
likely  be  the  outcome  of  it.  This  was  wonderful  news  to  us 
all  and  it  could  be  seen  from  the  way  they  cheered  that  every- 
one was  glad  the  World  War  was  presumably  ended.  The 
French  as  well  as  the  Americans  celebrated  and  flags  were 
raised  and  everyone  was  happy.  There  were  a  coupl  of  air- 
planes flying  very  low  over  the  town,  flying  flags  and  cele- 
brating the  good  news. 

On  Tuesday  afternoon,  after  we  had  loaded  all  the  equip- 
ment for  the  companies  of  the  brigade,  we  left  Belfort  on  a 
freight  train,  going  to  a  railhead  where  we  unloaded  Wednes- 
day morning  and  that  afternoon  marched  about  five  miles  to 
Lucey,  where  we  were  billed  to  stay  only  24  hours,  but  as  the 
war  was  over  our  orders  were  changed  and  we  stayed  until 
Nov.  29.  During  our  stay  at  Lucey  we  spent  most  of  our 
time  policing  the  streets  and  out-of-the-way  places  of  the 
town,  and  in  drilling.  On  Thanksgiving  day  part  of  the  com- 
pany was  taken  in  trucks  to  a  little  town  near  the  front  lines, 
to  police  it  and  to  collect  all  the  American  equipment  that  had 
been  left  by  the  fighting  men,  and  which  was  turned  in  as 
salvage.  As  it  rained  the  greater  part  of  the  day  it  was  not 
a  very  pleasant  Thanksgiving  for  us. 

Leaving  Lucey  Friday,  Nov.  29,  we  started  a  two  days' 
hike  with  full  packs  and  after  marching  nine  miles  the  first 
day  we  stopped  for  the  night  in  a  town  named  Void.  After 
resting  that  night  we  started  out  again  at  7  o'clock  marching 
all  day  and  well  into  the  night.  That  night  when  we  reached 
our  destination,  which  was  Bonnet,  we  were  all  so  tired  we 
could  hardly  walk.  Making  21  miles  in  one  day  with  full 
packs  certainly  tries  a  man's  muscles  and  endurance,  and  cer- 
tainly is  a  good  test  as  to  whether  a  man  is  man-sized  or 
not. — Melvin  Brandt,  Corporal,  Co.  L,  352d  Inf.,  Postville, 
Iowa. 


Goodbye  to  the  Frogs 

We  have  tramped  your  roads  and  carried  our  packs, 
And  now,  by  gosh,  we're  going  back! 

We  have  drank  jour  wine  and  ate  your  cheese 
And  walked  in  mud  up  to  our  knees. 
We  have  slept  in  dugout,  barn  and  shack. 
And  now,  by  gosh,  we're  going  back. 

We  rode  your  box-cars  forty  deep, 
All  night  long  without  a  wink  of  sleep. 
We  ate  redhorse  and  old  hardtack, 
And  now,  by  gosh,  we're  going  back. 

We  stood  inspection  from  head  to  feet. 
We  swept  your  streets  all  clean  and  neat. 
The  Huns  are  licked  and  policing  is  slack, 
And  now,  by  gosh,  we're  going  back. 

Back  to  the  good  old  U.  S.  A. 

It  won't  be  long  till  I  say  "Good  day!" 

We'll  see  sweethearts,  wives  and  mothers,  too. 

So  goodbye  France,  to  with  you  ! 

— Name  Withheld. 


To  France  and  Back 

Went  into  training  at  Camp  Dodge  in  May  1918.  After 
a  few  months  of  strenuous  drill  which  included  many  early 
and  late  hours  we  left  Camp  Dodge  Aug.  9,  passing  through 
Rock  Island,  Chicago,  Toledo,  Cleveland,  Erie,  Buffalo  and 
Middleton  and  boarded  the  ferry  boat  at  Weehawken,  N.  Y., 
going  around  Manhattan  Island  to  the  Long  Island  R.  R. 
terminal  where  we  went  by  rail  to  Camp  Mills,  arriving  there 
Aug.  12.  We  stayed  there  a  few  days  while  being  fitted  with 
overseas  equipment.  We  left  Camp  Mills  for  Brooklyn  and 
got  there  Aug.  15,  boarded  the  transport  Ulysses  and  pulled 
out  to  sea  on  the  afternoon  of  Aug.  16.  Our  convoy  consisted 
of  15  transports  and  2  battleships. 

Our  trip  across  the  sea  was  uneventful,  except  for  an 
occasional  shot  fired  from  a  submarine.  The  weather  was 
favorable  and  the  sea  calm.  We  got  our  first  glimpse  of 
land,  which  was  the  coast  of  Scotland  and  Ireland,  on  the 
morning  of  the  27th.  Going  through  the  Irish  Sea  and  Chan- 
nel we  arrived  at  Liverpool,  Eng.,  early  in  the  morning  of  Aug. 
28.  From  there  we  went  by  rail  to  a  rest  camp  at  Winchester. 
The  next  morning  we  lef.t  for  Southampton.  We  stayed  on 
the  wharf  until  late  in  the  afternoon,  boarding  the  ship  St. 
George.-  We  crossed  the  English  Channel  at  night  and  land- 
ed at  Le  Havre,  France,  early  next  morning. 

From  Le  Havre  we  hiked  about  six  miles  to  another  rest 
camp,  where  we  got  our  first  bath  in  France.  After  staying 
here  a  few  days  we  were  introduced  to  our  latest  mode  of 
traveling,  via  side-door  Pullmans,  or  box  cars,  with  the  direc- 
tions on  the  outside  for  loading  "8  Chevaux  or  40  Hommes"— 
all  in  a  space  of  8  by  24. 

Our  first  French  camping  grounds  were  reached  Sept.  2 
at  Les  Laumes.  Here  we  slept  in  pup  tents,  and  Sept.  4 
moved  three  kilos  to  Alise  St.  Rene.  After  a  short  stay  here 
we  were  loaded  into  box  cars  on  Sept.  15.  After  traveling 
for  several  days  we  reached  Belfort  Sept.  17  and  hiked  seven 
kilos  to  Vezelois,  where  we  were  billeted  in  barns.  Here  we 
drilled  rather  hard  to  complete  our  final  training  for  the 
trenches.  It  was  here  we  received  our  gas  masks  and  helmets, 
the  things  that  later  caused  many  an  outburst  of  flowery 
language. 

Leaving  Vezelois  Oct.  5  we  hiked  about  eight  kilos  reach- 
ing Fontenelle  about  midnight.  Here  we  pitched  pup  tents 
for  that  night  as  we  left  the  next  evening  for  Ft.  Chevremont. 
a  hike  of  7  kilos,  arriving  there  about  2  A.  M.  Oct.  7.  We 
left  there  Oct.  10  and  hiked  15  kilos  to  Rougemont,  and  Oct. 
13  found  us  at  Camp  Norman  after  a  long,  severe  hike.  The 
evening  of  Oct.  24  we  hiked  about  20  kilos  to  the  front  line 
trenches  on  the  Alsace  front. 

After  a  series  of  events  and  experiences  during  our 
stay  in  the  trenches,  we  moved  out  on  the  night  of  Oct.  31  to 
the  town  of  Hagenback,  about  four  kilos  to  the  rear.  Here 
we  remained  a  few  days  to  recuperate  from  our  stay  in  the 
trenches.  A  hike  of  about  six  miles  brought  us  into  the  town 
of  Dannemarie  on  the  morning  of  Nov.  3.  Leaving  there 
about  6  P.  M.  the  same  day,  we  hiked  about  25  kilos  to  the 
town  of  Roppc,  resting  there  for  a  few  days. 

Late  in  the  night  of  Nov.  11  we  hiked  six  kilos  to  Bel- 
fort, arriving  there  early  in  the  morning  of  Nov.  12  and 
after  a  little  lunch  we  were  again  loaded  into  box-cars,  to 
move  up  for  reserves  for  the  Meuse-Argonne  defensive, 
reaching  the  town  of  Lucey  Nov.  13. 

We  left  Lucey  Nov.  29  and  hiked  24  kilos  to  Void,  reach- 
ing Void  late  that  night.  Leaving  the  next  morning  at  7 :30, 
we  continued  the  hike  to  Bonnet,  arriving  there  about  10  P.  M., 
Nov.  30,  having  covered  a  distance  of  about  40  kilos  that  day, 
the  worst  hike  we  encountered  while  in  France. 

The  ending  of  hostilities  left  us  with  high  hopes  of  go- 
ing to  "Home  Sweet  Home."  But  it  was  only  after  a  number 
of  disappointing  rumors  that  we  received  orders  to  proceed 
to  the  point  of  embarkation. 

The  Division  was  reviewed  by  General  Pershing  on  April 
19.  After  praising  them  for  their  splendid  record  and  soldier- 
ly appearance  he  thanked  them  for  the  spirit  of  co-operation 
they  had  shown  in  the  great  struggle  for  democracy.  May  10 
finds  us  on  our  final  journey  to  the  coast, — Homeward  Bound! 

Keached  my  home  at  Lime  Springs,  la.,  June  15,  1919. — 
Francis  H.  Jones,  352d  Inf.,  R.  4.  Bx.  14. 


Personal  Narratives 


25 


Capture  of  Capts.  Safford  and  House  and  Escape 

From  German  Prison 


(Following  is  a  recital  of  the  adventures  of  two  88th  Div. 
officers,  Capt.  Orren  E.  Safford,  a  Minneapolis  attorney  and 
former  University  of  Minnesota  football  star,  and  Capt.  Henry 
A.  House,  formerly  of  Duluth,  Minn.,  commanders  of  Com- 
panies G  and  E,  respectively,  of  the  350th  Inf.  It  covers  one 
of  the  most  exciting-  and  certainly  the  most  interesting  episode 
that  marked  the  stay  of  the  Division  in  France.  To  give  all 
the  details  from  the  time  the  two  officers  and  ten  enlisted  men 
were  trapped  in  No  Man's  Land  on  the  evening  of  Oct.  12, 
1918,  until  six  weeks  later,  Safford  and  House,  ragged,  starved, 
almost  delirious  from  pain  and  fatigue  after  a  flight  of  more 
than  60  miles  through  the  Black  Forest,  stumbled  into  the  out- 
stretched arms  of  welcoming  "Poilus"  at  the  Alsatian  end  of 
a  Rhine  River  bridge,  would  occupy  most  of  this  volume.  Cap- 
tain House  has  put  the  story  in  manuscript  of  nearly  75,000 
words,  a  really  remarkable  description  of  a  remarkable  ex- 
perience by  a  gifted  pen,  and  he  has  some  thought  of  publish- 
ing it  some  day  in  book  form.  If  he  should  ever  do  so,  I  can 
most  unhesitatingly  recommend  it  to  the  reader.  Few,  better  or 
better  written  stories  have  come  out  of  the  war.  Captain 
House  at  the  time  of  this  writing,  by  the  way,  is  in  New  York 
preparing  a  play  soon  to  be  produced  there. — E.  J.  D.  L.) 


Reports  of  an  official  character  quoted  in  preceding 
chapters  give  a  sufficient  insight  for  present  purposes  into 
what  was  the  plan  of  the  Franco-American  force  holding  the 
Center  Alsace  Sector  at  the  portion  bordering  on  Ammertz- 
willer  and  Balschwillcr  on  the  night  of  Oct.  12,  1918,  ending,  as 
it  did,  so  disastrously  for  the  88th  Div.,  or  for  one  battalion  of 
it.  There  is  no  doubt  that  there  was  room  for  criticism  after 
the  night's  operation,  but  in  view  of  the  great  ensemble  achieve- 
ments of  Allied  and  American  arms  in  the  war,  there  is  not 
now  any  inclination  to  keep  this  circumstance  to  the  fore;  there 
is  only  regret  that  good  American  lives  had  to  be  lost  and  suf- 
fering created  needlessh'. 

In  a  word,  new  trenches  were  to  be  dug  or  connected  up 
across  No  Man's  Land  from  the  American  lines  to  the  German 
lines  in  Ammertzwiller,  supposed  to  have  been  abandoned  by 
the  enemy.  Work  was  to  be  done  after  dark  by  details  from 
Companies  E  and  F,  commanded  respectively  by  Captains 
Henry  A.  House  and  Peter  V.  Brethorst.  Company  G  (Capt. 
Orren  E.  Safford)  was  to  provide  a  "covering"  or  protecting 
party  while  the  work  was  going  on. 

At  early  dusk  the  French  lieutenant  who  was  to  be  in 
charge  of  the  operation,  told  Captain  Safford  to  come  with 
him  and  started  out  into  No  Man's  Land.  They  took  along 
the  necessary  protecting  party  carrying  grenades,  automatic 
rifles,  pistols,  etc. 

The  French  officer  intended  to  establish  the  two  extremes 
of  the  new  trenches  to  be  dug,  and  lay  white  tape  to  mark 
the  trail  for  the  workers  in  the  dark.  Orders  had  been  sent 
to  House  and  Brethorst  in  the  afternoon  advising  them  to  send 
House  and  Brethorst  in  the  afternoon  advising  them  to  send 
their  commands  equipped  with  picks  and  shovels  to  a  certain 
rendezvous  at  a  certain  hour  at  dusk,  and  to  have  the  of- 
ficers meet  at  the  American  major's  Post  of  Command  before 
the  working  parties  came  up,  to  get  instructions  in  detail. 
These  orders  were  secret  and  contained  little  information — 
nothing,  in  fact,  that  in  itself  would  give  much  of  an  idea  pf 
what  was  afoot.  The  men  themselves  received  no  inkling  of 
what  was  coming  until  they  were  lined  up  after  early  evening 
mess  and  told  to  get  out  their  tools. 

Population  Is  Mixed 

This  sector  was  in  a  mixed  German-French  population, 
with  plenty  of  German  sympathizers  to  get  information  across 
the  line.  It  has  never  been  positively  established  whether  the 
enemy  received  word  of  what  the  French  and  Americans 
planned  to  do  that  night,  but  whether  they  had  or  not,  de- 
velopments  indicated  that   they   had   plans   of   their   own    for 


that  night  which  had  been  in  formation  for  some  time.  It  is 
highly  probable  that  it  was  a  mere  coincidence  that  the  plans 
of  the  opposing  sides  clashed. 

Captain  Safford  and  his  little  party  arrived  at  the  spot 
in  No  Man's  Land  where  the  French  officer  announced  he 
intended  to  locate  the  right  or  south  end  of  the  new  trench 
to  be  dug.  He  left  Safford  and  two  French  and  two  American 
soldiers  to  mark  this  point,  while  he  and  the  rest  of  the  party- 
started  north  to  locate  the  other  end  of  the  line.  Safford 
and  his  companions  took  up  a  position  behind  a  wire  barri- 
cade at  one  end  of  a  slight  gully  caused  by  the  cutting  through 
of  a  country  road.  Among  the  Americans  with  him  was 
Andrew  S.  Tipton  of  Broadway,  Mo. 

It  was  already  growing  dark  when  the  detail  had  emerged 
from  the  advanced  trenches  and  was  quite  dusk  when  the 
parties  separated.  Directly  in  front  of  where  Safford  was 
stationed,  a  short  distance  out  toward  the  German  lines,  were 
two  old  parallel  communication  trenches  running  east  and 
west.  They  had  been  waiting  several  minutes  when  they 
heard  the  sound  of  footsteps  approaching  in  one  of  the 
abandoned  trenches.  Weapons  were  held  ready.  Soon  Saf- 
ford could  make  out  figures  emerging  from  the  opening  of 
a  trench  only  about  30  feet  away.  The  Frenchmen  and  he 
opened  fire.  All  became  still.  They  remained  behind  their 
barricade  until  presently  they  heard  sounds  again  from  the 
trenches.  As  soon  as  they  opened  fire  this  time,  it  was  re- 
turned. Tipton  opened  with  the  automatic.  Bullets  zipped 
all  about.  A  small  battle  was  carried  on  until  finally  the 
Germans  ceased,  and  Safford's  party  did  also. 

Nothing  stirred  then  for  some  time,  and  Safford  directed 
one  of  the  Frenchmen,  who  had  two  bombs,  to  throw  them 
into  an  abri  where  he  feared  an  enemy  might  hide  and  do 
them  damage.  The  Frenchmen  had  only  two  precious  gren- 
ades. He  pulled  the  pin  in  each  of  these  successively  and 
and  threw  them,  but  neither  went  off. 

It  was  suggested  by  one  of  the  French  soldiers,  a  non- 
commissioned officer,  that  they  drop  back  a  few  yards  to 
where  he  said  he  knew  a  good  place.  Where  they  were  was 
easily  approached  from  any  side  without  their  being  able  to 
see. 

"We  might  get  some  prisoners,''  said  the  noncom.  The 
possibilities  were  discussed  of  covering  some  of  the  Germans 
and  making  them  come  forward  to  be  disarmed.  It  seemed 
reasonable. 

"It  was  great  fun,  all  right,"  Safford  said  long  afterward, 
in  telling  of   it. 

Accordingly  they  took  up  a  position  on  a  slight  eminence, 
still  along  the  road,  but  beside  it,  and  adjacent  to  old  wire. 
They  reloaded  their  guns  and  Safford  and  the  lieutenant 
stood  up  looking  about,  all  of  them  straining  their  ears  for 
the  sinister  secrets  the  falling  darkness  hid  from  view. 
Stealthy  figures  could  be  seen  skulking  at  times,  and  Safford 
made  out  heads  just  visible  above  a  depression.  They  were 
working  around  to  the  rear. 

"Are  they  Boche?"  Tipton  inquired  of  Safford  in  a 
whisper.  Tipton  had  his  automatic  rifle  ready.  Safford  passed 
the  question  along  to  the  lieutenant,  who  replied  in  the  af- 
firmative. 

While  standing  on  the  knoll,  a  sergeant  of  Chasseurs 
came  crawling  stealthily  up  from  across  the  sunken  road. 
Safford  was  surprised  to  see  him  but  more  surprised  at  what 
he  had  to  say.  He  said  that  Captain  House  was  a  few  yards 
away,  just  across  the  road. 

Now,  Captain  Safford  had  no  inkling  of  who  was  to  be 
at  the  night's  work,  hut  he  did  not  dream  that  Captain  House 
would  be  in  it,  for  he  had  relieved  House's  company  in  the 
line  only  the  night  before.  House  and  his  company  should  be 
resting  safely  behind  the  lines  several  kilometers  after  their 
tour  in  the  trenches. 

Stealthy  sounds  and  figures  were  all  around  in  the  grow- 
ing blackness — in  front,  toward  the  enemy  lines,  on  both  sides. 


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Personal  Narratives 


and  in  the  rear,  between  them  and  their  own  trenches.  But 
there  was  no  making  out  by  whom  or  exactly  where.  The 
Chasseur  slunk  away  as  noiselessly  as  he  had  come  and  re- 
joined Captain  House  across  the  road. 

"Le  Capitaine  Safford,"  he  whispered.  It  was  now  House's 
turn  to  be  surprised.  He  knew  he  had  been  relieved  by  Saf- 
ford the  night  before,  but  from  the  instructions  only  a  platoon 
of  G  Company  was  to  be  of  the  covering  party. 

Puzzles  for  Captain  House 

But  this  was  only  one  of  a  series  of  puzzles  which  had 
confronted  the  commander  of  E  Company  all  evening,  ever 
since  he  had  gone  forward  to  the  Battalion  P.  C.  at  Bueth- 
willer  and  got  detailed  instructions  from  his  major. 

To  go  back  to  the  beginning  of  the  story  as  it  affects 
House's  company,  when  it  was  relieved  the  night  before,  the 
men  hoisted  their  heavy  equipment  on  their  backs  and  march- 
ed the  four  miles  back  to  the  village  of  Traubach-le-Bach, 
where  they  were  to  rest  and  clean  up  after  four  days  of 
trench  duty.  They  got  in  at  2  A.  M.  and  went  to  sleep  with 
the  pleasant  prospect  of  four  days  of  pure  rest  before  them. 

The  next  day  was  peacefully  bright;  the  Teutonic  town 
was  asleep,  and  only  overhead  was  there  much  sign  of  any- 
thing untoward.  German  planes  were  circling  about  in  greater 
numbers  than  common,  and  antiaircraft  artillery  was  filling 
the  high  strata  with  cottony  white  or  black  puffs  in  the  vain 
efforts  to  put  an  end  to  their  operations,  or  to  prevent  them 
from  penetrating  far  back  of  the  American  lines.  House 
walked  through  the  neat  streets  and  found  his  men  washing 
their  linen  and  hanging  it  about  in  the  sun,  splendid  marks 
for  the  airmen's  eyes.  He  had  them  put  their  lingerie  in  less 
exposed  places. 

At  noon  a  runner  brought  him  an  order  that  ISO  of  his 
men  equipped  as  a  night  working  party  would  report  at  the 
Battalion  P.  C.  at  7  P.  M.  and  that  the  officers  and  four 
platoon  sergeants  would  report  there  at  6  P.  M.  for  instruc- 
tions. House  was  disgusted.  The  prospect  of  a  night'  of 
slinging  mud,  stringing  wire,  pounding  stakes  and  building 
revetments  was  not  pleasant.  But  at  S  P.  M.  he  started  out 
with  two  lieutenants  and  four  sergeants  for  the  major's  post 
as  ordered,  leaving  his  company  to  be  brought  up  by  a  lieuten- 
ant. It  was  the  last  time  House  saw  his  company  during  the 
war. 

At  the  major's  P.  C,  Captain  House  found  Captain  Bre- 
thorst,  present  on  a  similar  errand.  Neither  could  muster  any 
enthusiasm.  Brethorst's  company  also  had  completed  a  tour 
in  the  trenches,  been  relieved,  and  had  looked  forward  to  rest. 

But  the  orders  they  received  from  the  major  made  them 
take  a  new  interest  in  life.  They  were  not  to  "sling  mud"  in 
rear  areas,  as  they  expected,  but  were  to  go  out  in  No  Man's 
Land  to  dig,  under  the  very  noses  of  the  "Squareheads." 

That  was  work  of  an  entirely  different  nature.  It  should 
be  known  that  ordinarily  an  officer  of  the  rank  of  captain  is 
forbidden  to  venture  into  No  Man's  Land  except  with  his  en- 
tire command — that  is,  an  attack  in  force.  Brethorst  had  long 
railed  against  this  shackling  order,  but  now  he  was  to  have 
a  chance  to  spend  the  night  bej'ond  the  lines,  and  his  eyes 
twinkled  with   anticipation,  like  a  small  boy's. 

The  captains  were  directed  to  take  their  advance  parties 
at  once  down  to  Balschwiller  where  they  would  find  their 
respective  French  commanders  at  the  company  P.  C.'s.  They 
were  to  take  them  out  to  where  they  were  to  begin  digging. 
As  they  got  to  their  destination,  nothing  unusual  appeared 
brewing.  Flares  at  times  cast  reflections  in  the  road,  and  the 
"put,  put,  put"  of  some  nervous  doughboy's  automatic  rifle 
would  break  the  stillness.    That  was  all. 

Only  a  French  orderly  was  at  the  company  P.  C.  He  said 
a  lieutenant  would  soon  come  to  go  with  Captain  House  and 
a  captain  for  Captain  Brethorst.  These  were  their  French 
associate  commanders.  The  captains  would  please  wait,  which 
they  did.  But  the  minutes  dragged  on.  Brethorst  became 
impatient  and  left  in  search  of  food.  House  never  saw  him 
again. 

Something  Sadly  Wrong 

Quarter  hours  passed ;  no  one  came.  House  did  not  know 
what  to  make  of  it.  He  felt  that  something  had  gone  sadly 
wrong.     He  should  by  now  have  been  well  beyond  the  Petite 


Poste,  about  ISO  yards  out  in  No  Man's  Land  from  which 
he  was  to  begin  his  trench.  A  young  French  runner  whom 
House  knew  entered,  and  said  he  had  come  to  guide  the  captain 
to  a  certain  platoon  post  he  knew  where  the  lieutenant  was 
waiting. 

They  hurried  out  noiselessly  into  the  silence  zone  at  the 
edge  of  the  village,  making  haste  through  wire  which  caught 
at  them  and  duckboards  which  flew  up.  They  reached  the 
rendezvous — but  no  one  was  there.  In  a  trench  bay  stood  a 
doughboy  on  his  two-hour  vigil  on  a  fire-step.  He  whispered 
that  he  had  seen  no  one.    Other  sentries  the  same. 

A  boyau  leading  out  to  the  Petite  Poste,  usually  barricaded 
at  this  point  at  this  time  of  the  night,  was  found  open.  Per- 
haps the  party  had  gone  through.  A  French  senior  sergeant 
of  Chasseurs  joined  them  and  whispered  that  he  had  been 
sent  to  find  them.  In  the  deep  silence  broken  only  by  oc- 
casional flares  or  desultory  spitting  of  automatic  guns,  they 
stole  out  toward  the  Petite  Poste.  Suddenly  to  the  front 
there  broke  out  a  rattle  of  rifle  fire  and  the  sputter  and  smacks 
of  other  implements.  They  ducked.  Silence,  a  flare,  a  few 
more  shots,  another  flare,  then  deeper  silence  than  ever. 
House  did  not  know  what  was  the  disturbance,  but  he  learned 
later  from  Safford. 

The  Petite  Poste  was  deserted.  The  firing  must  have  been 
further  out.  The  sergeant  sent  the  private  over  the  parapet 
to  reconnoiter.  Long  moments  passed,  and  the  private  drop- 
ped back  into  the  trench  without  noise.  The  party  was  wait- 
ing he  said.  They  filed  through  the  boyau  as  far  as  it  afforded 
protection,  then  emerged.  They  were  standing  on  the  bank 
of  something  like  an  old  road.  Across  the  road  House  could 
see  silhouetted  against  the  sky-line  two  dim  figures  standing. 
There  were  also  two  prone.  The  sergeant  silently  felt  his 
way  through  the  wire  tangles  down  the  slope  and  up  the 
other  side,  and  this  is  where  the  stories  of  the  two  captains 
come  together  for  a  moment.  The  sergeant  returned  and  an- 
nounced to  the  astonished  Captain  House  that  it  was  "le  Cap- 
itaine Safford''  over  there.  Safford  was  in  an  attitude  of 
rigidity,  listening  intently.  He  might  know  something  of 
House's  lieutenants:  So  House  started  to  creep  slowly  across 
toward  him,  when  a  treacherous  wire  caught  him  and  made 
a  telltale  jangle.  Safford  turned  his  head  with  a  warning 
"Sh-h-h,"  motioning  with  his  arm  to  stop. 

House  wondered  what  was  up.  He  gazed  at  Safford 
standing  there  staring  fixedly  toward  the  enemy  lines,  and 
he  turned  to  look,  too.  What  happened  then  is  perhaps  best 
told  in  the  words  of  Captain  House's  story: 

"As  I  did  so  the  world  blew  up." 

There  is  no  member  of  the  88th  Div.  who  was  anywhere 
within  IS  miles  of  Balschwiller  shortly  after  7  o'clock  that 
night  who  will  ever  forget  what  went  on  for  the  next  hour 
and  a  half.  A  German  gun  at  the  extreme  right  fired  a  shell 
at  an  angle  across  No  Man's  Land.  Another  toward  the  left 
fired  one  crossing  the  trail  of  the  first  almost  over  Safford's 
head.  Then  a  few  more  and  more  and  still  more.  It  opened 
up  all  along  the  line  in  a  regular  deluge  of  frightful  flame 
accompanied  by  noises  such  as  none  of  the  Americans  had 
ever  heard  before.  And  almost  at  once  the  same  thing  hap- 
pened from  the  French  guns  on  the  American  side. 

Front  Line  a  Fountain 

House  turned  and  saw  the  American  front  line  and  the 
ground  between  him  and  it  a  literal  fountain  of  bursts.  Breath 
was  driven  from  the  lungs  by  the  concussions.  The  sergeant 
scrambled  to  him  : 

"Barrage!  barrage!  Suivez  moi !"  he  yelled.  ("Follow 
me.") 

They  fled  down  the  narrow  steps  of  a  deep  dug-out,  but 
the  muffled  crashes  still  came  to  them.  House  thought  of 
Safford,  but  the  sergeant  said  there  were  other  shelters  and 
Safford  would   save  himself. 

Suddenly  the  other  Chasseur  shouted  for  all  to  follow  him 
and  he  darted  for  another  stairway  leading  up.  Barely  had 
the  others  started  to  crowd  after  when  he  came  hurtling  back, 
shouting  "Boche !  Boche !"  With  the  other  Frenchman,  House 
yelled  to  the  men  to  follow,  and  they  started  for  the  other 
stairs,  But  silhouetted  against  the  sky  the  Chasseur  saw 
figures,  and  in  turn  he  took  up  the  cry  of  "Boche!" 

With  pistols  cocked  and  ready  they  waited  the  appearance 
of  the  first  "Squarehead."     Then  from  the  other  side  of  the 


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room  came  the  voice  of  the  French  sergeant :  "Kamerad." 
The  Chasseur  beside  House  took  it  up.  Old  campaigners  of 
four  years,  they  recognized  the  trick  they  had  played  many 
times  on  the  Boche,  and  they  realized  it  was  their  turn  now 
and  the  game  was  up.  German  soldiers  crowded  down  both 
stairs. 

"Ach !  Kamerad.  Ja,  ja.  Handts  oop.  Oop  mit  der 
handts,  undt  quick !  Schnell.  Schnell.  Heraus !  Coom  mit 
uns.     Coom !" 

Panting,  sweating,  some  ashy  with  fear  or  excitement, 
they  crowded  down,  armed  with  every  weapon,  even  to  two 
flammenwerfer  tanks  with  nozzles  pointed  at  the  men  they 
had  caught.  In  spite  of  the  excitement,  some  order  was 
observed,  the  prisoners  were  disarmed  and  marched  up  into 
the  unceasing  clash  and  glare  at  the  bayonet  point. 

The  bombardment  had  grown  more  furious,  as  the  raiders 
in  Xo  Man's  Land  were  thoroughly  boxed  in.  Many  a  Ger- 
man fell  that  evening  from  the  "shorts"  of  his  own  batteries. 
Horns  and  shrill  whistles  now  could  be  heard,  and  they  brought 
a  stream  of  German  figures  through  the  wires  to  both,  sides 
and  the  rear  of  the  prisoners.  There  were  shouts  and  curses ; 
one  man  laughed  hysterically  until  silenced  by  companions. 

Start  for  German  Lines 

The  captured  men  were  grouped  and  started  for  the 
German  lines,  through  the  narrow  passages  between  wire  en- 
tanglements revealed  by  the  flashes.  House  came  near  where 
some  Germans  were  investigating  what  House  thought  were 
the  forms  of  two  Americans  who  had  been  knocked  out.  One 
of  the  figures  got  up.  It  was  Captain  Safford.  He  walked 
over  to  the  main  party. 

"House!  Good  God,  this  isn't  you!"  burst  from  his  lips. 
House  .could  only  grin  with  a  sickly  sensation.  A  shell  burst 
and  scattered  gravel  thickly  over  them,  and  they  grinned  no 
more.     The  Huns,  milled  around. 

"What're  we  goin'  to  do?"  yelled  Safford. 

"What  can  we  do?" 

"Look,"  and  Safford  went  closer.  "My  pistol !  I'm  not 
disarmed.    Maybe  we  can  make  a  break  for  it." 

"Break  for  where?  Wire  everywhere.  In  ten  yards,  shot 
like  rats.     Better  wait." 

"Well,  they're  not  going  to  have  my  automatic,  damn 
'em !"  and  Safford  parted  with  his  weapon  in  the  darkness. 

Thus  the  two  captains,  both  of  the  same  battalion,  were 
captured  by  the  Germans.  Ten  enlisted  men  also  were  taken. 
Among  the  latter,  besides  Tipton,  were  John  S.  Kristenson, 
New  York  City,  and  Linley  Sexton  of  Purdy,  Mo.,  and  Ser- 
geants Victor  Nelson,  Britt,  la.,  L.  Conners.  Stewart,  la., 
Ralph  J.  Laird,  Reasnor,  la.,  and  L.  V.  Faber,  1393  Cedar 
St.,  Keokuk,  la.  They  had  heen  taken  by  a  considerable  force 
of  the  enemy,  as  it  turned  out,  who  had  come  over  in  a  care- 
fully planned  raid.  Among  the  raiders  were  100  men  used  for 
this  special  purpose  who  were  shifted  along  the  front  on 
special  raiding  missions.  They  went  at  it  in  a  professional 
manner  and  had  surrounded  the  Americans  in  No  Man's 
Land  in  the  course  of  the  barrage  but  lost  quite  a  number  of 
their  number,  by  shellfire  from  their  own  side. 

Captured  and  captors  started  for  the  German  line  as  the 
barrage  continued.  A  white  tape  ran  along  the  ground 
through  gaps  cut  in  the  wire.  The  leader  of  the  party  came 
upon  the  figure  of  a  young  German  soldier  fatally  wounded. 
He  lifted  the  boy  over  Safford's  broad  shoulders  but  on  the 
rough  shell-pocked  ground  Safford  with  all  his  strength  could 
not  continue.  The  wounded  lad  was  laid  on  a  blanket.  Two 
German  soldiers.  Safford  and  House  each  took  a  corner  and 
continued  the  difficult  march. 

They  now  got  within  the  French  artillery's  fire  zone  and 
in  an  effort  to  get  through  they  increased  their  speed,  dragging 
their  burden  through  trench  and  shellhole.  The  boy  shrieked 
and  groaned.  His  bearers  recognized  the  sounds  of  near 
death  and  bent  over  him.  The  boy  opened  his  eyes  and 
recognized  Safford  as  an  enemy  and  began  to  curse  him.  One 
of  the  Germans  put  his  hand  over  his  mouth  and  assured  him 
that  the  Americans  had  been  kind  and  had  carried  him.  With 
a  weak  gasp  he  fell  back,  dead. 

While  they  were  making  their  way  back  to  a  German  dug- 
out, the  captors  made  the  discovery  that  they  had  secured  no 
less  a  prize  than  two  American  officers  of  the  rank  of  captain. 
They  were  highly  elated  and  became  almost  tender  as   they 


led  the  way  into  a  dimly-lit  dugout  recking  with  unwashed, 
perspiring  soldiers.  Here  they  were  searched  and  then  started 
back  under  guard  through  a  village  street  to  a  concrete-walled 
chamber,  where  they  came  before  a  dozen  immaculately  groom- 
ed German  officers.  Before  each,  on  a  table,  stood  tall  steins 
of  beer.    The  two  Americans  were  given  a  glass  of  water  each. 

"Der  Krieg  ist  Kaput" 

Another  walk  of  two  hours  under  guard  of  four  soldiers 
followed.  The  latter  sang  occasionally  and  tried  to  talk  to 
their  prisoners. 

"Ja,  der  Krieg  ist  Kaput !  Ja !  Alles  ist  Kaput,"  they  said. 

Constantly  ran  through  the  minds  of  the  two  officers  plans 
and  possibilities  of  escape,  but  they  always  went  over  roads 
bounded  by  stone  walls.  They  passed  through  many  villages, 
stopping  at  last  in  one  before  a  large  building  where  they 
entered.  It  was  far  past  midnight.  In  a  large  room  they 
found,  seated  around  the  walls,  the  French  and  American 
soldiers  who  had  been  captured  with  them  that  night.  Some 
of  them  looked  up  and  smiled  covertly. 

Seated  here  for  an  hour  or  more  Safford  and  House  for 
the  first  time  came  mentally  face  to  face  with  their  situation 
and  realized  what  had  happened  to  them.  For  them  the  war 
was  over.  In  low  voices  they  told  each  other  so,  and  they 
slunk  in  their  chairs  in  dejection.  Then  Safford's  hugh  frame 
shuddered  as  he  murmured,  "My  poor  wife!"  House,  a 
bachelor,  divided  with  him  a  half-cake  of  chocolate  which 
the  Germans  had  returned  to  him  after  the  search. 

Soon  Safford's  mood  changed  and  he  burst  into  his  hearty 
laugh,  which  is  loud  enough  to  shake  the  rafters.  Fritz,  who 
had  led  the  party  in  out  of  No  Man's  Land  and  brought  them 
here,  heard  the  laugh  and  entered.  He  grinned  and  looked 
concerned,  glancing  at  Safford's  legs.  Safford  looked  down. 
His  wrap  leggings  were  torn  off  by  wire  and  his  calves  were 
bare.  Safford  grinned  cheerfully  and  again  "ha-ha-ed."  But 
Fritz  was  seriously  concerned  and  kneeling  in  front  of  Saf- 
ford, unwrapped  his  own  puttees  and  put  them  on  Safford's 
legs.  The  captain  protested  and  tried  to  push  the  man  away, 
but  Fritz  prevailed.  He  wanted  his  prisoner  to  do  him  credit 
like  a  German  hauptmann. 

The  enlisted  men  were  taken  out  one  by  one  and  then 
Safford.  An  officer  questioned  him  through  an  interpreter  and 
he  gave  the  brief  information  the  two  captains  had  agreed  on. 
The  Germans  had  a  remarkably  complete  amount  of  informa- 
tion already,  and  with  the  assistance  of  this  tried  to  trap  Saf- 
ford into  giving  more  without  success. 

About  2  A.  M.  the  captains  set  out  under  new  guards, 
trudging  steadily  through  the  night  toward  the  east.  Toward 
dawn  they  came  to  the  Rhone-Rhine  canal  and  followed  it 
north  on  the  tow-path.  Daylight  found  them  in  Mulhausen, 
20  miles  from  the  place  of  capture.  They  were  put  in  the 
Grozzherzer  Friederich-Kaserne.  The  prison  keeper  met  them 
in  the  cavernous  corridor  in  front  of  dirty  Italian  prisoners 
of  war  who  pressed  forward  to  stare. 

"Ah-ha,"  said  the  jailer.  "Chentlemens,  gut  morgen! 
You  are  weary,  are  you  not.  You  will  please  to  coom  this 
way."  He  shook  their  hands.  "You  do  me  honor.  Two  cap- 
tains here  I  haf  not  before  had.  Und  Americans.  You  are 
not  injured?  Ach,  gut.  That  is  nicely.  Aber,  you  would  like 
a  little  wash  to  haf,  vielleicht?    There  is  much  blood." 

Proud  of  His  Prisoners 

The  jailer  was  much  interested  and  apparently  proud  of 
his  prisoners.  He  looked  at  Safford,  "der  grosser  hauptmann," 
and  said  the  soldiers  declared  that  he  had  killed  two  Germans 
"mit  his  bare  hands."  He  poured  out  two  huge  bowls  of 
luke-warm  liquid  that  he  called  coffee  and  apologized  for  it, 
but  he  said  it  was  better  than  they  had  the  year  before.  He 
also  gave  them  "bread"  that  they  could  scarcely  bite  and  chew. 
Noting  their  disappointment  he  got  out  from  his  hidden 
store  in  the  cupboard  a  small  tin  of  real  honey,  two  ounces  of 
which  he  could  obtain  secretly  onee  a  week. 

House  induced  him  to  share  the  last  of  his  cigarettes. 
He  promised  to  secure  more  though  they  would  be  very  ex- 
pensive and  poor  and  a  few  cigars  to  smoke  without  wasting 
in  a  pipe.  House  traded  his  helmet  for  a  fatigue  cap,  crudely 
made  by  a  French  soldier.  They  changed  some  of  their  francs 
into  marks  and  obtained  some  comforts  at  the  canteen. 


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One  thing  that  impressed  the  two  Americans  constantly 
in  conversation  were  the  signs  of  unrest  and  dissatisfaction 
among  both  civilians  and  military.  That  matters  were  not 
going  well  was  reflected  everywhere.  These  were  the  first 
whispers  of  the  revolution  which  the  kaiser  escaped  by  fleeing 
to  Holland. 

Safford  and  House  were  shown  to  their  narrow  cell  and 
crawled,  aching,  on  the  bunks  heaped  with  gray  blankets,  the 
foulest  they  had  ever  seen.  An  hour  later  Captain  House 
awoke  and  found  Safford  seated  with  his  coat  across  his  knees 
at  the  window  "reading"  it.  House  found  his  own  coat  alive 
as  well  as  the  blankets  and  every  article  in  the  room,  literally 
crawling  -with  vermin.  On  a  bunk  they  found  the  following 
scrawl : 

"Descended  with  engine  trouble 
Near  Mulhausen,  April  IS,  1918. 
Left  this  bed  of  filth  and  misery 
August  20,  1918, 
For  England,  Love  and  Beauty!" 

It  was  signed  by  an  English  aviator.  The  officers  pound- 
ed on  the  door  and  the  jailer  appeared.  He  would  see  what 
could  be  done  and  meanwhile  would  show  them  where  to  take 
their  daily  walks,  and,  if  they  wished,  buy  beer  and  schnapps. 

Captain  House's  own  story  of  the  stay  in  Mulhausen  is 
replete  with  little  instances  of  compelling  interest  in  their 
daily  life  which  makes  too  long  a  tale  for  these  pages. 
Through  it  all  one  thought  remained  uppermost  and  was  the 
great  purpose  toward  which  every  effort  was  bent:  "how  to 
escape."  The  jailer  made  frequent  allusions  which  gave  the 
prisoners  hope  that  he  might  be  open  to  venal  approach,  but 
before  anything  came  of  this  the  two  captains  were  suddenly 
removed  from  Mulhausen  to  Colmar  by  train.  They  were 
sorry  to  leave  as  they  believed  that  they  were  making  head- 
way in  acquaintances  which  might  be  of  value  in  an  attempt 
to  escape. 

At  Colmar  was  every  type  of  soldier  prisoners,  European, 
African  and  Asiatic,  dwelling  in  close  quarters.  Safford  here 
found  one  of  his  sergeants  captured  with  him  and  an  Amer- 
ican corporal  of  the  29th  Div.  taken  in  a  curious  manner  near 
the  scene  of  their  own  capture.  This  corporal  had  been  taken 
in  a  quiet  country  lane  three  miles  behind  his  own  trenches. 
With  two  companions  he  had  been  set  upon  by  a  party  of 
Boche.  The  other  two  were  killed  in  the  fight  and  he  was 
overpowered.  The  Americans  also  found  their  old  friend  the 
Chasseur  sergeant  among  the  French. 

During  this  incarceration  Safford  and  House  were  to  go 
through  the  greatest  ordeal  of  questioning  that  they  had  yet 
met.  But  it  was  much  of  a  burlesque  and  the  inquisition  fre- 
quently took  the  form  of  political  discussions  in  which  the 
German  officers  strove  hard  to  justify  Germany's  actions  and 
to  assert  their  belief  in  ultimate  victory. 

Still  the  plans  for  escape  went  on  among  the  prisoners, 
especially  during  the  hours  for  "spatzieren  gehen."  Their 
hopes  were  stimulated  at  times  by  sounds  of  allied  bombing 
planes,  as  the  place  was  raided  at  night.  Conspiracies  to  es- 
cape became  more  and  more  rife.  Communication  between 
i  ifRcers  and  enlisted  men  was  prohibited  and  conducted  with 
difficulty,  but  at  last  a  plot  was  hatched  through  a  French  ser- 
geant who  had  become  a  pal  of  the  Chasseur  sergeant.  The 
latter  had  found  a  "petite  poulet,"  he  boasted,  and  she  pro- 
vided him  with  a  master  key.  The  sergeant  was  to  slip  to 
their  room  after  the  last  usual  round  of  the  night  guard,  un- 
lock their  door,  let  them  out,  lock  the  door  again  and  all  were 
to  get  out  of  the  building. 

Faithful  Night  Arrives 

The  fateful  night  arrived.  Safford  and  House  could  not 
contain  themselves.  They  waited  for  the  sound  of  the  key  at 
the  appointed  hour  but  it  did  not  materialize.  All  evening 
there  was  a  disconcerting  and  unwonted  restlessness  about  the 
place.  German  soldiers  walked  about  outside,  restless  pris- 
oners pounded  on  their  doors  for  the  guards.  Lights  out  was 
passed  but  still  the  noises  increased  instead  of  diminished. 
At  last  the  key  was  beard  in  the  door,  but  it  was  withdrawn 
at  the  sound  of  someone  approaching.  This  occurred  more 
than  once  as  the  officers  waited  with  pounding  hearts.  Finally 
a  board  creaked  outside  the  door  and  the  dim  light  showed  a 
slip  of  paper  coming  underneath.  This  was  the  way  they  bad 
received  their  first  instructions.     By  the  light  of  a  match  they 


read  that  the  key  did  not  fit  and  it  would  be  fixed  in  the 
morning. 

But  the  captains  were  not  to  try  it  again.  Early  next 
morning  they  were  transferred,  much  disappointed,  to  Strass- 
burg,  where  they  changed  trains  to  go  to  the  "gefangenen- 
lager"  camp  at  Rastatt,  Baden.  It  was  a  dismal  place  and  the 
officers  were  jubilant  when  it  was  learned  that  it  was  a  mis- 
take that  they  were  brought  there.  They  went  back  through 
town  to  the  railway  station  and  at  midnight  took  the  train  for 
Karlsruhe.  There,  at  2  A.  M.,  they  were  taken  to  what  once 
had  been  the  Hotel  de  l'Europe  and  placed  in  close  confinement 
for  four  days  in  a  small  room.  This  was  a  most  trying  stay. 
It  was  found  that  all  prisoners  in  this  building  were  kept  in 
close  confinement. 

Further  attempts  at  questioning  were  made,  with  certain 
pressure  that  made  Captain  Safford  see  red.  However  he 
was  not  lined  up  and  shot  but  after  an  hour  they  were  march- 
ed with  about  40  other  officers  of  mixed  nationality  to  the 
gefangenenlager  of  Karlsruhe. 

Beside  House  limped  another  American  captain,  pale, 
sick  and  shivering  in  the  late  October  weather.  He  had  no 
hat  and  wore  a  suit  of  thin  black  which  had  been  a  German 
uniform  of  some  kind  before  the  war.  The  trousers  reached 
barely  below  the  knees,  the  sleeves  to  the  elbows.  The  shoes 
were  almost  gone.  He  had  no  underclothing,  shirt  or  socks. 
He  had  been  taken  prisoner  while  wounded  and  his  last  stitch 
of  clothing  taken  from  him.  His  wounds  had  been  dressed 
with  paper  bandages  and  not  changed  for  weeks  at  a  time. 
His  was  not  an  exceptional  case,  especially  among  English 
prisoners. 

It  was  here  at  Karlsruhe  that  the  prisoners  first  came  to 
know  the  work  of  the  American  Red  Cross  in  Germany,  and 
it  almost  made  them  tearful.  The  two  captains  were  almost 
ravenously  hungry  and  the  Boche  food  was  increasingly  re- 
pulsive. They  almost  cried  over  the  first  package  of  Red  Cross 
hard  bread  and  read  the  label  of  the  American  factory.  The 
Red  Cross  also  furnished  clothing  and  winter  was  in  the  air. 
They  exchanged  their  filthy  summer  clothing  for  wool  under 
and  outer  clothing,  overcoats,  jerseys,  shoes,  towels,  soap  and 
shaving  outfits. 

Life  here  was  not  entirely  unpleasant  now,  but  plans  for 
escape  went  forward  apace.  Again  the  night  air  raids  gave 
new  hope.  At  the  end  of  a  week  Safford  and  House  became 
two  of  a  party  of  26  American  officers  who  were  transferred 
to  the  prison  camp  at  Villingen,  South  Baden.  En  route  on 
the  train  the  officers  were  busy  making  surreptitious  maps  and 
one,  emboldened  by  the  absence  of  the  German  officer  in 
charge  who  had  fallen  before  the  charms  of  a  young  lady  in 
another  compartment,  tore  part  of  a  railroad  map  from  a 
frame  in  the  wall. 

On  the  way  one  American  officer,  Lieutenant  Gates,  a 
marine  aviator,  escaped  through  the  lavatory  window.  He 
jumped  safely  with  minor  scratches  and  traveled  for  four  days 
on  foot  toward  Switzerland,  finally  reaching  Constans.  With- 
in a  yard  of  the  boundary  fence  he  was  captured  and  in  a 
week  was  back  at  Villingen  undergoing  his  three  weeks  of 
solitary  confinement  inflicted  for  such  attempts. 

Always  Plenty  of  Company 

The  two  captains  always  had  the  good  fortune  to  be  as- 
signed the  same  room  and  now  they  had  a  new  roommate, 
Captain  Sullivan,  an  Irish  infantryman.  There  was  also  plen- 
ty of  other  interesting  company  among  the  prisoners  of  sev- 
eral months'  experience.  Across  the  hall  was  old  Captain  Ol- 
son, whose  ship  plying  out  of  San  Francisco,  and  Skipper 
Trudgett,  also  a  master  of  a  schooner  from  San  Francisco, 
hacl  been  torpedoed  by  the  German  raider  Wolf  in  the  South 
Seas.    These  names  are  mentioned  for  particular  reasons. 

Life  here  was  well-ordered  and  with  the  Red  Cross  sup- 
plies quite  endurable.  The  officers  were  able  to  buy  cooking 
utensils  and  each  one  had  his  culinary  duties  assigned  to  him. 
There  were  movies,  games  and  walks.  Once  there  was  an 
American  funeral  which  the  German  commandant  took  pains 
to  have  as  impressive  as  possible. 

News  of  the  armistice  came  to  the  prisoners  at  Villingen, 
but  not  with  a  great  deal  of  elation,  as  it  was  felt  that  the 
discomfiture  of  the  Germans  should  be  carried  farther.  How- 
ever, the  prisoners  thought  that  freedom  would  be  theirs  at 
once  and  this  idea  apparently  was  fostered  by  the  Germans  in 


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command.  The  acquisition  of  souvenirs  became  the  popular 
activity  and  every  Fritz  plied  a  lively  trade. 

But  as  days  wents  by  and  no  sign  of  freedom,  the  pris- 
oners became  impatient.  A  meeting  was  held  and  Lieut.  Col- 
onel Brown,  an  American,  went  to  the  Germans  and  proposed 
that  if  they  could  not  transport  them  to  the  Swiss  frontier 
that  they  would  be  permitted  to  walk.  The  prisoners  would 
hire  vehicles  and  pull  the  sick  in  the  hospital  with  them.  But 
the  commandant  would  not  consent. 

News  filtered  through  about  the  progress  of  the  revolution. 
The  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Council  was  in  control  and  the  ma- 
rines were  taking  possession  everywhere.  The  guards  were 
frightened. 

One  cold  morning  the  "appell"  was  sounded  and  the  pris- 
oners gathered  in  the  usual  of  assembly,  the  theater.  Here 
they  were  addressed  by  a  Boche  colonel  who  tried  to  salve 
their  feelings  and  made  all  sorts  of  mollifying  remarks  except 
the  promise  of  immediate  release.  The  prisoners  became 
more  determined  and  that  afternoon  held  a  mass  meeting  at 
the  theater  which  worried  the  Germans. 

Next  morning  marines  arrived  in  town  and  took  posses- 
sion of  the  prison  camp  that  night.  They  disarmed  the  gar- 
rison and  re-established  the  guard  with  double  the  former 
number  of  sentries.  The  commandant  was  deprived  of  his 
insignia  of  rank  and  sent  home  a  civilian  after  40  years  of 
military  life.  All  rank  was  abolished  but  after  a  time  it  was 
discovered  that  one  of  the  former  lieutenants  who  had  been 
shorn  of  all  marks,  appeared  with  shoulder  straps.  The  ma- 
rines had  to  have  someone  to  distinguish  over  the  others. 

From  somewhere  the  prisoners  learned  that  the  marines 
had  no  intention  of  delivering  them.  They  were  to  be  held 
as  hostages  for  the  satisfactory  performance  by  the  Allies  of 
their  promise  of  food  relief. 

Safford  and  House  made  up,  their  minds  that  they  were 
going  to  get  out,  and  almost  by  sheer  weight  of  determination 
alone,  they  succeeded.  The  prisoners  wanted  to  get  at  least 
one  man  back  to  France  to   report  the  situation. 

While  engaged  in  their  morning  "house  work"  the  next 
day,  Safford,  House  and  Sullivan  felt  that  this  was  their  last 
morning  in  the  lager.  Putting  on  caps  and  overcoats  they 
went  out.  It  was  cold  and  there  was  about  two  inches  of 
snow.  In  their  pockets  they  had  stuffed  black  bread,  tins  of 
meat  and  other  provisions.  What  to  do  was  the  question, 
when  they  thought  of  the  "honor  walk."  It  would  be  forming 
just  then.  Each  prisoner  had  a  card  which  he  had  signed  in 
his  possession  promising  that  he  would  not  escape.  In  pass- 
ing out  to  go  for  the  walk  he  left  this  card  at  the  gate  and 
received  it  back  on  passing  in. 

Walk  Toward  the  Gate 

The  walks  had  been  suspended  for  a  week  but  were  just 
resumed.  The  first  group  had  just  passed  out  and  the  three 
captains  with,  no  definite  plan  sidled  toward  the  gate.  Two 
other  prisoner  friends  joined  them,  Lieutenants  Ford  and 
Schwartz,  aviator  and  infantry  officers,  respectively.  They  all 
walked  around  the  compound  and  then  to  the  inner  wire  gate 
where  the  "walk"  had  gone  out.  The  inner  gate  led  to  the 
inclosure  surrounding  the  guard  house  and  huts  beyond  which 
was  a  stockade  and  the  main  gate  to  the  outside. 

The  inner  gate  was  locked  habitually,  but  now  it  was  ajar. 
Further  fortune  favored  them  in  that  no  one  saw  them  walk 
through  into  the  forbidden  enclosure  and  that  this  was  empty- 
save  for  the  lone  sentry  at  the  main  gate  and  his  back  was 
urned.  All  other  soldiers  were  hugging  the  indoors  on  account 
of  the  cold  morning. 

The  prisoners  held  a  hasty  consultation.  House  knew  the 
most  German. 

"Brace  the  guard  gate,"  suggested  Safford.  "Tell  him 
we  want  to  join  the  bunch.  Tell  him  they  went  earlier  than 
they  should.    Tell  him  anything.    Act  mad — we'll  all  act  mad." 

But  the  sentinel  was  not  so  easy  and  he  did  not  under- 
stand all  that  was  said.  Two  other  prisoners  heard  the  com- 
motion and  came  up.  They  were  Lieutenant  Converse  of  the 
air  service  and  Skipper  Trudgett.  The  protestors  winked  an 
explanation  and  the  two  joined  in  urging  the  guard.  The 
latter  waxed  angry  and  nervous  as  the  prisoners  crowded 
around  him.  He  shook  his  fist,  ordered  them  back  to  the  small 
gate  and  threatened  to  call  out  the  guard. 

Just  then  the  outer  gate  bell  rang.     The  sentry  wavered 


Safford  and  the  others  edged  closer.  The  bell  clanged  again 
and  the  guard  opened  the  gate  a  little.  A  great  load  of  cab- 
bage stood  waiting  to  pull  in.  Cabbage !  The  lowly  vegetable 
had  been  a  part  of  their  lives  for  so  long  and  now  was  to  do 
them  an  excellent  turn. 

Safford,  with  great  dignity  (and  force)  urged  the  guard 
back,  opened  the  gate  wider  and  went  through.  All  got  out 
as  the  wagon  went  in  and  the  bewildered  guard  did  not 
know  but  what  it  might  be  all  right.  He  was  partly  disarmed 
by  the  old  and  lame  Trudgett,  whom  he  knew  could  not  hope 
to  benefit  by  a  break  for  liberty,  and  it  must  be  as  the  pris- 
oners said  that  they  were  of  the  walking  party  that  had  left 
earlier. 

At  first  the  prisoners  felt  a  strong  inclination  to  run  for 
the  woods  a  quarter  of  a  mile  away,  the  beginning  of  the 
great  Black  Forest;  To  the  west  lay  safety,  through  that  for- 
est. But  between  them  and  the  forest  were  more  sentry  boxes 
with  soldiers  with  loaded  rifles.  They  decjded  to  walk  non- 
chalantly, and  they  greeted  each  sentry  with  a  "Morgen"  of 
simulated  chceriness.  They  walked  faster  when  they  dared 
and  at  last  got  to  a  bend  in  the  road,  the  back  of  their  necks 
almost  painful  with  the  feel  of  imagined  gazes  from  the  sol- 
diers.   They  looked  back  and  saw  they  were  not  pursued. 

They  fell  into  a  fast  stride,  but  the  skipper  could  not  keep 
up  and  he  began  to  protest.  It  was  then  discovered  that  the 
old  fellow  had  really  believed  the  story  given  the  guard  at 
the  gate,  and  that  he  did  not  know  he  had  escaped  with  a 
party  of  jail-breakers.  He  said  he  never  would  have  been 
"no  party  to  no  such  damfool  antics  at  his  age"  had  he  known, 
and  that  it  was  a  "  'ell  of  a  'ole  they  'ad  popped  him  inter." 

Skipper  Is  Left  Behind 

The  old  chap  had  to  "be  left  behind  with  a  promise  from 
him  that  he  would  return  to  the  lager  in  an  hour,  telling  the 
story  that  he  had  become  weary  and  left  the  party  searching 
for  the  Honor  Walk.  Weeks  after  it  was  learned  that  he 
kept  his  word  and  it  was  four  hours  before  the  escape  was 
discovered.  The  loyal  old  fellow  was  left  standing  in  the 
road  leaning  on  his  stick  and  vigorously  waving  farewell. 

The  only  thought  now  was  to  put  as  many  kilometers  be- 
tween themselves  and  Villingen  as  possible  and  as  quickly  as 
possible,  still  keeping  a  wary  eye.  The  road  ran  along  a  ravine 
deeper  into  the  woods  and  into  the  high  mountain  country. 
The  going  became  bad,  however,  with  the  snow  balling  under 
the  feet.  No  one  was  encountered,  but  occasionally  peasant 
people  were  sighted  at  work  across  the  valley.  At  last  the 
six  stopped  in  a  hidden  spot  for  consultation.  Three  had 
food,  the  other  three  none,  so,  as  it  was  unlikely  that  all  would 
remain  together,  it  was  divided  equally.  Then — where  should 
they  go? 

Here  Lieut.  Ford's  map  torn  from  the  railway  coach  at 
the  time  he  had  planed  to  join  Lieut.  Gates  in  his  leap  from 
the  flying  train  came  in  handy.  Also,  Ford  drew  out  a  tin 
box  and  extracted  a  bit  of  soap.  Cutting  it  in  two,  he  dis- 
played a  tiny  compass.     Now  they  were  equipped,  indeed. 

It  is  a  question  which  portion  of  the  escapade  was  the 
more  exciting  or  trying  to  the  mind  and  body,  the  battle  and 
capture,  or  this  flight  through  the  Swarzwald,  over  the  for- 
ested hills  and  valleys.  Switzerland,  while  only  a  third  as 
far  away,  was  put  out  of  consideration.  The  Rhine  should 
be  the  goal.  The  French  troops  would  be  there  already,  it 
was  certain.  It  was  40  miles  in  a  straight  line,  but  60  by  the 
winding  roads.  There  were  two  things  to  fear — German 
troops  and  that  the  population  had  been  notified  by  wire  to 
be  on  the  look-out.  They  would  travel  by  night,  and  skirt 
around  suspicious  places. 

Eventually  they  began  to  meet  civilians  and  German  sol- 
diers. But  the  latter  has  a  slow  moving  mind  and  after  pass- 
ing several  people  successfully,  confidence  grew.  They  en- 
tered isolated  country,  with  chalets  perched  on  the  steep  hill- 
sides. At  one  of  these,  seeing  only  a  woman  and  children 
about,  they  made  bold  to  obtain  milk  and  bread.  The  venture 
proved  successful.  Safford  presented  the  two  women  with  a 
bar  of  precious  soap,  and  they  were  curtsied  and  bowed  blush- 
ingly  out.     They  set  out  refreshed. 

Suddenly  a  turn  of  the  road  brought 'them  within  a  hun- 
dred yards  of  a  village,  and  before  the  first  house  was  a 
group  of  German  soldiers.  Scurrying  back  out  of  sight  they 
climbed  up  the   slope   along  the  timber  line  several   hundred 


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feet  above  the  village,  circling  it. 

It  was  hard,  breath-taking  effort  in  the  soft  snow.  An 
hour  of  precious  time  was  lost  in  the  detour  and  much 
strength.  Two  of  the  six  began  to  show  signs  of  giving  out. 
A  military  convoy  approached  in  the  road.  Dark  would  soon 
be  coming  on  and  they  decided  to  hunt  a  secluded  spot,  build 
a  fire  and  warm  and  dry  their  soaked  boots  and  socks. 

Climb  to  Empty  Chalet 

Waiting  a  favorable  moment  they  crossed  the  road  to  a 
little  chalet  high  on  the  mountain  side  above  them.  It  was 
empty.  Blowing  and  panting  from  the  climb  they  reached  it, 
the  first  empty  house  they  had  encountered.  It  was  getting 
dark  and  the  wind  was  blowing  harder  and  colder.  But  a 
fire  was  soon  going  in  the  porcelain  stove  in  a  back  room. 
Then  someone  started  with  an  exclamation.  He  was  sure  he 
saw  German  soldiers  outside.  There  was  a  scampering,  but 
no  more  signs  appeared,  and  after  nightfall  the  s:x  set  out 
again. 

They  came  to  a  large  town  and  dared  to  enter.  Passing 
men  in  the  dark,  they  were  surprised  to  find  them  soldiers. 
But  a  guttural  "Nacht"  was  all.  They  did  not  know  what 
town  this  was.  All  day  they  had  been  making  for  Furtwangen, 
the  only  place  large  enough  to  show  on  their  map.  But  the 
disheartening  conviction  had  come  upon  them  that  they  had 
got;  on  the  wrong  road,  and  gave  up  the  idea  of  finding  the 
town.  It  was  not  an  encouraging  discovery  then  that  this  town 
was  Furtwangen !  They  were  not  nearly  as  far  west  as  they 
had  hoped  to  be  by  night. 

The  steep  hills  on  both  sides  argued  against  trying  to  go 
around  the  town,  so  they  determined  to  take  a  chance  and 
pass  boldly  by  the  soldier  groups  in^the  streets.  The  passage 
was  negotiated  by  avoiding  the  lighted  sides  of  the  streets, 
with  only  occasional  questioning  glances  from  the  groups  of 
soldiers.  The  hair  on  their  necks  tingled  as  they  passed  and 
it  was  a  relief  when  they  reached  the  dark  outskirts  on  the 
other  side. 

By  10  P.  M.,  out  on  the  road,  the  weaker  ones  had  often 
lagged,  and  the  others  put  them  ahead  to  set  the  pace.  They 
walked  as  fast  as  they  could.  Foot-sore  and  tired,  Converse 
admitted  he  could  go  no  farther.  Like  so  many  aviators,  he 
wore  riding-boots,  and  they  were  not  made  for  this  travel. 
He  proposed  that  they  leave  him. 

Sullivan  also  was  limping  and  the  others  tried  to  induce 
him  to  remain  with  Converse.  A  few  weeks  before  he  had 
been  convalescing  in  a  German  hospital,  and  should  not  have 
started  out.  His  case  was  bad.  But  would  he  stay?  Not  he! 
He  would  go  on  alone  rather,  as  there  were  many  miles  left 
in  him.  They  tried  it  again,  but  it  was  not  long  before  the 
two  ailing  ones  were  lagging  in  the  pain  of  swollen,  blistered 
feet  and  aching  legs.  It  was  no  use.  They  argued  with  Sul- 
livan, and  at  last  told  him  that  if  he  would  not  stay  behind 
with  Converse,  all  would  stay.  That  got  him.  The  four  said 
goodby  and  left  the  two  pounding  at  the  door  of  a  chalet. 
But  there  were  soldiers  in  that  house.  They  went  on  to  an- 
other. 

Soldiers  were  coming  at  a  fast  pace  from  town.  The  four 
others  had  to  hurry  on  out  of  sight.  For  more  than  two  hours, 
higher  and  higher,  they  hurried,  paying  dearly  for  their  speed 
later.  Sullivan  and  Converse  they  did  not  see  again,  but  weeks 
later  learned  that  they  had  been  retaken  near  Furtwangen  and 
returned  to  Villingen,  to  remain  to  be  brought  out  with  all 
other  prisoners  through  Switzerland.  Sullivan  spent  much 
time  in  a  hospital  for  his  escapade. 

One  o'clock  saw  the  quartet  out  of  inhabited  regions  and 
still  mounting  at  a  hard  pace.  They  were  very  tired  and  lack 
of  food  was  telling.  The  spells  of  rest  became  more  frequent; 
they  lunged  rather  than  walked.  Some  made  all  too  frequent 
visits  to  the  running  brooks. 

The  next  few  hours  saw  them  trudging  on  fighting  against 
fatigue  and  sleep,  and  still  the  road  went  upward.  The  mind 
refused  to  work  dependably  at  cross-roads.  Some  became 
querrulous.  They  were  in  a  hard  way.  Then  at  last  the  per- 
pendicular climb  ended,  and  the  four  took  cheer  and  new  heart 
at  walking  downhill.  Toward  daylight  houses  appeared  again, 
and  occasionally  the  upstairs  light  of  an  early  riser.  It  was 
time  the  fugitives  sought  refuge  for  the  day. 

With  Captain  House  again  as  spokesman,  they  brought  a 
woman  to  her  window. 


"Wir  sind  hungrig.  Wir  sind  vier.  Wir  haben  wiel  spazie- 
ren.     Wir  wollen  schlafen,''  etc.     But  the  attempt  failed. 

They  came  to  a  village.  Ah  !  A  church !  But  it  was 
locked.  Without  discussion,  the  four  straggled  back  to  where 
they  had  seen  an  inn.  To  make  a  long  story  short,  they  were 
soon  in  bed — four  separate  beds  in  one  room — after  engaging 
the  sleepy  proprietor  in  the  tap  room.  In  an  hour  House  was 
wide  awake.  Strange  noises.  Going  to  a  window  he  saw 
what  appeared  to  be  endless  columns  of  German  troops,  every 
variety,  marching  past  under  streamers  across  the  streets, 
bands  playing  and  every  man  wearing  a  button  bouquet.  There 
was  cheering,  laughter  and  gayety.  The  victorious  troops  of 
the  fatherland  returning  from  their  war !  House  woke  the 
others  and  they  gazed  on  the  spectacle. 

At  noon  a  boy  came  to  discuss  the  matter  of  food.  They 
must  come  downstairs  if  they  wished  to  eat.  They  did  not 
wish  to  go  down  but  dared  not  appear  anxious  to  remain  hid. 
Regaled  by  endless  talk  by  the  proprietor,  during  which  he 
tried  to  gain  information  of  his  guests  and  learned  that  they 
were  Americans,  the  four  ate  their  fill.  They  made  friends 
with  the  women  from  the  kitchen  and  the  peeking  children. 
Having  finished,  they  said  they  intended  to  remain  in  their 
room  until  about  6,  when  they  would  depart.  But  the  proprie- 
tor told  them  that  German  troops  were  to  billet  the  town  that 
night  and  four  sergeants  would  have  that  room.  They  would 
stay,  then,  until  5. 

Just  then  the  kellner  entered  and  announced  that  the 
troops  had  already  arrived.  Up  the  back  stairs  the  four  were 
led  to  their  room,  where  they  threw  themselves  into  the  beds 
without  undressing,  and  feigned  sleep.  In  half  an  hour  the 
kellner  entered,  followed  by  four  German  noncoms.  They 
looked  about  the  room,  appeared  satisfied,  then  went  out.  In 
a  few  moments,  footsteps  again.  The  landlord  and  three 
German  officers! 

In  his  written  account.  Captain  House  gives  a  detailed 
account  of  the  minutes,  or  hours,  as  they  must  have  seemed 
to  the  four  quaking  figures  under  the  covers  drawn  to  their 
chins.  It  is  a  long  account,  but  he  admitted  himself  that  he 
could  not  recall  positively  what  was  said  or  done  at  certain 
times.  As  before,  he  did  the  talking,  and  he  told  the  story 
they  had  often  rehearsed.  It  seemed  impossible  that  they 
should  escape  now,  but  it  was  just  possible  that  these  troops, 
just  returning  from  the  front  and  ignorant  of  all  that  had 
happened  home,  might  swallow  any  tale.  House  told  wild 
things  about  the  revolution,  the  dread  marines,  and  how  he 
and  his  companions  had  been  released  and  permitted  to  go  if 
they  wished  to  walk  instead  of  waiting  for  transportation.  He 
gave  cigarettes.  It  worked.  There  was  more  parley.  The 
officers  rose,  friendly  now,  bowed  stiffly,  clicked  their  heels, 
and  walked  out  with  this  advice: 

"Hide  from  German  officers.  The  rest  of  them  are  not  so 
nice  as  we  are." 

At  the  door  another  turned  and  said  in  French : 

"We  will  say  nothing  about  you.  It  is  not  our  affair — 
until  5  o'clock.    Then — keep  away  from  Gepman  soldiers." 

German  Sergeants  Enter 

At  4  the  quartet  rose,  bathed  their  swollen  limbs  and  pre- 
pared for  the  road.  Four  German  sergeants  entered,  went  to 
a  corner  apart  and  arranged  their  effects.  The  kellner 
brought  the  bill.  It  was  18  marks — much  too  big.  But  House 
paid  it  and  then  discussed  being  given  food,  for  they  had  no 
money  left  in  marks.  One  of  the  sergeants  walked  over  and 
looked  at  the  bill,  and  burst  out  laughing.  The  others  joined 
him.  Had  the  "4  Amerikaner"  actually  paid  that  bill?  They 
roared  again  and  went  back  to  munch  their  bread  and  sausage 
as  the  kellner  came  back  with  half  a  loaf  of  black  bread  and 
a  dozen  gnarled  apples.  One  of  the  sergeants  walked  over 
and  almost  shyly  slid  four  chunks  of  bread  on  the  table  as 
House  was  dividing  the  "hand-out"  with  his  companions. 

The  Americans  offered  the  sergeants  cigarettes,  but  had 
to  prove  that  they  had  plenty  more  before  they  were  accepted. 
One  spoke  a  little  French,  another  some  English.  They  asked 
questions  about  the  quartet's  plans  and  then  actually  gave  them 
what  proved  to  be  most  valuable  directions  for  making  the 
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Alt-Breisach,  avoiding  the  city  of  Freiburg,  which  would  be 
dangerous.  The  guard  at  the  bridge  would  be  small  and  "very 
careless"  at  that  time  of  the  morning,  and  the  French  would 
be  at  the  other  end.  There  was  more  advice,  the  Americans 
shook  hands  warmly  and  departed.  They  did  not  get  out  of 
the  house,  however,  until  they  had  been  forced  to  go  to  the 
kitchen  for  "kaffee,"  and  there  SafTord  parted  with  his  last 
cake  of  soap.  It  was  received  with  pats  and  sniffs  of  delight, 
and  many  curtsies. 

There  were  still  20  miles  to  be  traversed  before  morning. 
That  night  will  be  passed  over  with  a  few  words.  The  trav- 
elers themselves  have  not  the  clearest  recollection  of  it. 
Eight  miles  were  lost  by  mistake.  Weariness  cam  back  soon, 
although  the  rest  helped  much.  The  journey  of  steady  tramp- 
ing became  a  nightmare.  Only  Safford  seemed  to  be  standing 
up  under  the  strain  without  great  apparent  suffering,  but  his 
laugh  was  gone. 

For  the  others,  detail  became  lost,  and  odd  fancies  filled 
the  brain.  Grotesque  imaginings  flitted  before  the  eyes,  but 
still  they  stumbled  on.  There  were  impressions  of  village 
after  village  passed,  all  decorated  for  the  returning  soldiers. 
There  were  numerous  branching  roads  and  they  could  not 
choose  the  right  one.  By  midnight  they  were  lost,  going  by 
guess.  By  1  o'clock  the  pangs  of  the  previous  night  came 
back  redoubled,  and  the  brain  became  numb. 

Schwartz  Has  to  Cut  Shoes 

Lieut.  Schwartz  had  to  cut  and  slit  his  shoes  for  his  ever- 
swelling  feet.  At  every  halt  he  would  work  away,  and  then 
they  would  get  painfully  to  their  feet  and  start  again.  Lieut. 
Ford  was  suffering  agonies  from  his  boots,  but  he  limped  on 
with  lips  pressed  tight,  refusing  to  complain,  except  when  he 
tried  to  get  up  after  a  stop.  House's  legs  were  also  in  bad 
shape  and  the  halts  did  more  harm  than  good.  The  men  could 
hardly  stand  up  straight. 

By  2  A.  M.  Captain  Safford  was  supporting  Schwartz,  and 
continued  to  from  then  on. 

Dawn  was  beginning  to  show  when  an  opening  in  the  hills 
showed  the  fugitives  the  village  of  Alt-Breisach.  A  dense  fog 
was  rolling  up  the  Rhine.  That  was  a  good  omen  for  the  finish 
of  their  adventure.  Weariness  fell  off.  A  half-hour  more 
would  spell  failure  or  success.  They  entered  the  town,  meet- 
ing some  early  risers,  but  no  one  gave  them  heed. 

Luck  was  again  with  them  in  striking  the  right  spot  at  the 
river,  and  suddenly  through  the  fog  came  the  challenge,  "Halt !" 
Two  figures  loomed  30  feet  ahead.  House  heard  a  guttural 
remark  and  took  it  to  be  a  command  for  one  to  come  for- 
ward for  identification.  He  went,  but  his  companions  edged 
behind — strictly  against  custom  and  safety  in  such  cases. 

Two  German  soldiers  stood  in  the  center  of  the  bridge 
approach,  before  a  low  gate,  barring  the  way.  House  put  up 
a  bold  front.  He  motioned  a  command  to  open  the  gate.  He 
answered  who  they  were  and  became  impatient. 

Safford,  Schwartz  and  Ford  edged  to  the  gate  near  the 
rail.  House  understood  their  move.  These  two  were  not  to 
stop  them — for  long.  Probably  the  two  understood  equally 
well.  One  said  something  to  the  other  about  going  to  the 
guardhouse  for  the  sergeant,  but  the  other  quickly  detained 
him.  He  did  not  want  to  be  left  alone  with  four  Americans. 
More  words  as  the  two  looked  at  the  three  at  the  gate.  Saf- 
ford's  hands  already  were  on  the  gate.  The  younger  of  the 
Germans  murmured  "Nein,  nein,"  to  his  companion,  and  mo- 
tioned House  toward  the  gate.  He  meant  that  they  should,  in 
Yankee  talk,  "beat  it."     They  did. 

Sufferings  ceased  magically.  They  started  across  sprightly 
and  were  fairly  running  at  the  other  end.  Another  gate  and 
a  challenge  from  the  fog — in  French.  A  bayonet  stuck  over 
a  barrier  at  the  hurrying  four.  The  latter  knew  that  dingy 
overcoat  and  casque !  As  one  they  shouted,  "Officiers  Ameri- 
cains !"  The  poilu  shouted  a  whoop  of  welcome  in  return, 
threw  open  the  gate  and  received  his  Allies  with  open  arms. 
Then  he  turned  and  ran,  and  they  followed  him  to  a  wooden 
barracks,  shouting  boisterously  to  rout  his  comrades.  There 
was  laughter  and  clamor  as  a  fire  was  built,  and  a  feast  began. 
The  four  were  among  friends  indeed! 

After  being  feasted  and  fed  Captains  Safford  and  House 
made  their  way  to  Mulhausen  and  Belfort  and  the  old  front, 


visiting  the  spot  where  they  were  captured.    They  reached  88th 
Div.  headquarters  the  first  week  in  December  at  Gondrecourt. 


Shelled 


It  was  near  the  hour  of  midnight  and  a  short  distance 
behind  the  lines  in  the  Alsace  sector  in  France.  The  war  was 
vet  in  progress. 

Two  guards  from  Co.  B,  350th  Inf.,  were  on  a  post  just 
a  short  distance  from  the  town  of  Hecken.  Every  one  knows 
what  orders  were  relative  to  smoking  at  night.  The  guards 
had  been  on  the  post  for  about  two  hours  and  it  was  time  for 
"relief"  to  appear.  After  having  walked  the  post  for  prac- 
tically two  hours,  the  guards  met  and  commenced  to  talk  in 
an  undertone. 

"D'you  reckon  that  corporal  of  the  guard  has  gone  to 
sleep?" 

"Nawl  That  guy  don't  sleep— if  he  does,  it  is  with  one 
eye  on  his  watch.     He'll  be  here  with  relief  all  right." 

The  last  guard  had  no  more  than  said  this  when  some  one 
was  heard  approaching,  and  they  began  to  have  anticipations 
of  four  hours'  sleep,  providing  the  "cooties"  could  be  per- 
suaded to  sleep  also.  The  closer  the  noise  approached,  the 
more  their  expectations  dwindled,  for  they  soon  made  out 
that  it  was  not  the  corporal  of  the  guard  with  relief,  but  just 
one  man  who  seemed  to  be  the  worse  for  having  imbibed  too 
freely  in  "vin  rouge,"  for  he  was  singing  at  the  top  of  his 
voice  and  monopolizing  the  whole  of  the  road.  Of  course, 
there  was  nothing  for  the  guards  to  do  but  arrest  him,  since 
he  knew  nothing  except  that  he  was  on  his  way  to  head- 
quarters, but  he  had  no  idea  in  what  direction  he  was  going, 
nor  did  he  know  the  pass-word.  He  was  stopped  at  the  point 
of  the  bayonet. 

"Who  are  you?"  asked  one  o'f  the  guards. 

"Can't  youh  see  who  I  am?  American  sojer,  of  course!" 
the  bibulous  one  replied.  "I'm  a  runner,  and  I'm  gom'  to  re- 
port to  headquarters.  Coursh  I  know  where  it  is.  It's  in  this 
direction  som'ers.    Gimme  a  match." 

"You  don't  get  a  match.  Don't  you  know  what  the  orders 
are  about  smoking  up  here?  You  would  have  the  whole  Ger- 
man army  shelling  us  in  an  hour.'' 

"Sure  that's  orders,  but  I  gotta  smoke." 

Just  then  the  corporal  of  the  guard  approached  with  re- 
lief, so  the  two  guards  and  their  prisoner  were  picked  up  and 
taken  on  the  round  to  the  other  posts.  It  was  probably  at  the 
second  post  that  the  prisoner  decided  he  would  smoke  re- 
gardless of  the  consequences,  so  he  produced  a  cigarette,  and 
the  guards  said  nothing  because  they  knew  he  had  no  match 
and  they  forgot  all  about  him  and  his  cigarette,  for  he  was 
quiet  by  now.  Their  consternation  can  easily  be  imagined 
when  suddenly  they  saw  a  small  light  close  to  them.  The 
prisoner  had  searched  around  in  his  pockets  until  he  found 
one  of  those  cigarette  lighters  of  French  manufacture,  and 
he  had  worked  with  it  until  a  light  was  produced.  Of  course, 
he  immediately  got  a  "bawlin'  out"  from  his  guardians. 

"Now,  you  drunken  bone-head,  we're  sure  to  be  shelled 
in  a  few  minutes,  and  it'd  serve  you  right  if  you'd  get  blowed 
into  a  million  pieces.  What  yuh  mean  by  strikin'  a  light  here? 
It's  you  for  the  guard  house  for  about  six  months  now !" 

The  longer  the  indignant  guard  spoke,  the  more  penitent 
the  man  became,  until  he  was  almost  on  the  verge  of  tears, 
and  was  looking  upward  with  the  intention  of  swearing  never 
to  smoke  again,  when  suddenly  he  saw  a  star  "shoot."  He 
immediately  began  to  quake,  and  as  he  sank  to  the  ground, 
he  moaned : 

"My  Gawd!  They're  shellin'  us  now!"— E.  F.  Tuttle, 
Harrisonville,  Mo. 


From  a  Buddy  to  a  Buddy 

As  a  buddy  to  a  buddy  I  will  say  "Hello" ! 

The  88th  is  here,  as  'twas  there,  always  on  the  go. 

Lots  of  pep,  and  right  in  step ! 

That's  how  we  made  them  go!     Amen. 

— Nicholas  Garitz.  Waco,  Nebr. 


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Personal  Narratives 


Escape  of  Lieut.  Prichard 

On  the  afternoon  of  Saturday,  Oct.  12,  1918,  the  company 
commander  of  our  company  (Co.  D,  338  M.  G.  Bn.)  informed 
me  that  I,  as  second  in  command  of  the  company,  would  be  in 
charge  of  a  detachment  from  our  company  which  would  aid 
in  the  construction  of  a  new  trench  line  that  night.  That  I 
was  to  report  at  battalion  headquarters  of  the  2nd  Bn.  of  he 
350th  Inf.  just  before  dusk. 

It  seems  that  the  infantry  battalion  commander  and  the 
French,  who  were  still  in  the  area,  had  conceived  the  scheme 
of  straightening  out  the  American  and  French  line  at  that 
point.  As  the  idea  was  explained  to  us  at  battalion  head- 
quarters when  I  reported  there  two  companies  of  the  infantry 
battalion  were  to  be  in  advance  as  combat  patrols  and  that  the 
other  two  infantry  companies  and  the  detachment  from  the 
Machine  Gun  Co.  would  construct  the  new  trenches.  The 
plan  was  to  take  over  the  enemy  line  of  observation  and  make 
it  our  own  and  dig  communicating  trenches  back  to  our  old 
trench  system.  It  was  thought  that  the  enemy  line  at  that 
point  was  but  lightly  held. 

The  commanders  of  the  working  parties  with  certain  ser- 
geants and  guides  were  to  make  a  reconnaissance  of  the 
ground  as  soon  as  it  was  dark  and  the  working  parties  were 
to  come  forward  from  the  rear  areas  after  dark  under  the 
command  of  junior  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  and 
join  us  after  we  had  mapped  out  the  work. 

The  reconnaissance  party  was  soon  divided  into  two  sec- 
tions as  some  of  the  officers  had  not  eaten  their  evening  meal 
and  others  had.  Accordingly  those  who  were  ready  to  pro- 
ceed first  started  out  in  command  of  Captain  House.  In  that 
party  were  two  infantry  lieutenants  (whose  names  I  have  now 
forgotten),  four  infantry  sergeants,  Sergeant  Bernard  Flan- 
nery  (of  Minneapolis)  of  my  own  company,  two  French 
guides,  and  myself. 

We  were  led  through  a  series  of  trenches  and  cross- 
trenches  into  which  I  had  never  before  penetrated.  I  had 
come  forward  to  the  line  but  the  day  before  and  had  spent 
my  time  familiarizing  myself  with  the  machine  gun  positions, 
fields  of  fire,  etc.,  and  consequently  the  territory  we  were  then 
going  into  was  all  strange  to  me.  Consequently  I  merely 
"tagged"  along  and  asked  no  questions. 

After  traversing  a  considerable  distance  through  the 
trenches  at  length  our  guides  led  us  out  of  the  trenches  into 
"No  Man's"  land.  We  moved  along  as  silently  as  we  could 
until  suddenly  a  single  shot  rang  out.  Intense  silence  followed 
and  then  the  artillery  and  mortars  opened  up.  There  were  a 
series  of  flashes  to  our  front;  the  earth  shook,  and  the  din 
was  so  terrific  that  we  could  barely  think.  We  ducked  into  the 
nearest  shelter,  but  in  so  doing  our  party  was  divided. 

Most  of  the  party  followed  Captain  House  into  a  small 
dugout  or  "sap"  which  had  two  openings.  It  was  small  and 
there  was  barely  room  for  us.  It  was  almost  V  shaped.  Be- 
sides Captain  House  and  myself  in  the  dugout  were  the  four 
infantry  sergeants  and  one  Frenchman.  The  earth  was  shaking 
considerably  and  it  was  hard  to  make  one's  self  heard  but  I 
did  learn  from  Captain  House  that  the  remainder  of  our 
party  had  taken  refuge  from  the  bombardment  in  another  hole 
near  by. 

Germans  at  Dugout  Entrance 

After  some  time,  (how  long  I  do  not  know)  the  barrage 
seemed  to  be  somewhat  lighter  in  our  neighborhood  and  the 
French  guide  looked  out  of  the  hole.  He  imparted  to  us  the 
information  that  a  party  of  Germans  were  at  the  entrances  to 
the  dugout  and  immediately  thereafter  we  heard  a  guttural 
"Aufl  Auf!"  from  above. 

And  "auf,  auf"  it  was  for  us.  They  took  us  for  British 
at  first,  but  soon  one  sent  up  the  shout  "Americans".  As  we 
filed  out  of  the  hole  I  went  out  directly  behind  one  of  the 
infantry  sergants.  The  sergeants,  or  at  least  some  of  them, 
had  their  rifles,  but  I  had  only  my  Smith  &  Wesson  revolver. 
I  was  not  prepared  for  an  extended  visit  away  from  my  bed- 
ding roll  as  I  was  traveling  light.  In  addition  I  had  on  my 
person  various  articles  which  I  did  not  wish  to  have  the 
Garmans  obtain — for  instance  my  fire  control  rule,  the  new 
table  from  the  ordinance  department  relative  to  the  trajectory, 
angles  of  fall,  etc.,  relative  to  the  Browning  machine  gun, 
besides  various  other  things  that  I  would  have  left  behind  if  I 


had  known  beforehand  where  I  was  going.  When  I  ha 
started  out  that  afternoon  I  had  thought  I  was  to  be  in  charg 
of  a  night  working  party  but  did  not  surmise  that  that  dut 
would  call  for  my  being  out  in  No  Man's  land  with  a  recoi 
naissance  party. 

Consequently  I  did  not  know  whether  to  commence  gcttin 
rid  of  certain  of  my  paraphernalia  or  hold  onto  it  and  tak 
my  chances  of  getting  away  with  it.  The  night  was  dark  an 
cloudy.  It  was  typically  French  also  that  it  was  damp  an 
almost  what  might  be  termed  misty. 

So,  I  filed  out  after  the  sergeant,  I  had  no  plans  mad 
I  was  merely  awaiting  my  opportunity.  At  the  head  of  tli 
hole  stood  a  Boche  receiving  our  arms.  I  closed  up  behin 
the  sergeant  and  as  he  was  turning  over  his  rifle  I  succeede 
in  extracting  his  revolver  from  his  holster  with  my  rigl 
hand.  When  he  reached  for  it  the  holster  was  empty  and  h 
was  allowed  to  pass  on.  I  handed  over  my  own  revolver  wit 
my  left  hand  and  kept  the  sergeant's  concealed  on  the  otfu 
side  of  me.     I  was  passed  on. 

At  that  moment  I  seemed  to  be  left  quite  alone.  I  coul 
not  see  anyone  closer  than  about  ten  feet  and  I  thought  th; 
in  the  darkness  and  confusion  that  was  my  chance.  I  had  fe 
of  the  chamber  of  the  revolver  and  was  satisfied  it  was  loadei 
I  saw  a  little  opening  to  one  side  and  headed  for  that, 
ducked  and  made  it.  I  soon  ran  into  some  barb  wire  and  ha 
to  stop  as  I  could  not  go  forward  or  backward.  I  made  mj 
self  as  inconspicuous  as  possible  and  waited.  Soon  I  saw  th 
party  coming  my  way  and  I  hugged  the  ground  closer  tha 
ever. 

As  they  passed  by  me  I  could  distinguish  our  own  me 
from  the  Boche  by  the  silhouettes  of  their  helmets  again: 
the  sky.  They  seemed  to  be  keeping  pretty  close  tab  o 
Captain  House  as  one  of  the  Boche  was  escorting  him,  an 
it  appeared  as  if  he  were  held  by  the  arm.  This  force 
Captain  House  out  of  the  path  of  the  others  and  as  he  wei 
by  he  stepped  on  me  with  both  feet.  I  was  glad  it  was  li 
rather  than  some  one  else  as  they  might  have  stopped  to  ir 
vestigate. 

As  soon  as  the  party  had  passed  on  I  went  back  to  th 
dugout  to  plan  what  to  do.  I  did  not  know  the  country  whei 
I  was,  nor  did  I  know  if  the  rest  of  our  party  had  been  take 
or  not,  and  if  they  weren't.  I  did  not  know  where  they  were. 

I  had  a  small  compass  and  had  just  determined  to  stai 
off  southwest  to  what  I  had  decided  was  the  nearest  point  c 
our  line  when  I  was  certain  I  heard  some  one  call  out  i 
English,  "I  saw  them  right  over  there."  I  supposed  it  wj 
one  of  our  patrols  looking  up  our  party  and  I  started  out. 

There  about  25  yards  away  were  about  20  or  30  men  in 
group.  But  just  as  I  was  emerging  from  the  hole  I  looke 
to  the  right  and  there  within  reaching  distance  sat  a  Boch 
but  fortunately  looking  toward  his  companions.  I  held  m 
breath  (voluntarily  or  otherwise)  and  made  it  back  into  th 
hole  without  disturbing  my  caller.  Soon  the  others  cam 
over  and  stood  around  the  hole,  looked  into  it,  etc.,  but  nor 
came  down  to  investigate. 

Runs  Into  Barbed  Wire 

After  they  left  I  started  for  our  own  lines.  My  progres 
was  slow  and  I  was  in  no  hurry  as  it  was  still  early  in  th 
evening  and  I  did  not  care  if  I  did  not  get  back  to  our  ow 
lines  before  daybreak.  I  thought  that  the  sentries  might  be 
little  nervous  and  might  shoot  first  and  investigate  aftei 
wards.  Besides  the  ground  there  was  cut  up  badly  with  she 
holes,  barbed  wire  entanglements  and  old  trench  system: 
I  had  never  encountered  so  much  barbed  wire  before  in  all  m 
life. 

About  11  o'clock  I  had  gotten  a  little  more  than  half  wa 
back  as  I  figured  it  when  the  Boche  started  shelling  again. 
had  been  following  an  old  trench  line  and  I  dropped  into  i 
I  sniffed  a  time  or  two  and  thought  I  detected  a  foreign  sut 
stance  in  the  air.  I  thought  it  might  be  gas.  I  put  on  m 
mask  and  kept  it  on  a  few  minutes  and  then  tested  for  gas. 

I  could  smell  something  I  didn't  like,  all  right,  so  I  ker. 
the  mask  on.  Too,  I  thought  I  ought  to  keep  on  the  watc 
so  as  not  to  be  surprised  again.  So  alternately  watching  an 
testing  for  gas  I  spent  the  remainder  of  the  night.  Alway 
I  could  smell  that  strange  odor. 

About  4  A.  M.  as  it  was  getting  slightly  gray  in  the  eas' 
I   thought  "gas  or  no  gas"  I   wouldn't   wear   that  mask  an 


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longer.  As  it  got  a  little  lighter  I  discovered  what  it  was  I 
had  been  smelling.  Right  where  I  had  been  were  two  fresh  high 
explosive  shell  holes  and  tangled  up  in  the  debris  and  partly 
covered  with  dirt  were  the  bodies  of  either  two  or  three  Boche. 
I  then  knew  what  I  had  been  smelling  all  night  long.  I  ar- 
ranged a  hiding  place  for  the  day  in  case  I  was  compelled 
to  spend  the  day  out  and  waited  for  light.  As  the  day  dawned 
I  recognised  the  old  mill  at  Balschwiller,  which  I  knew  was 
within  our  lines.  I  made  for  it  keeping  in  the  old  trench 
line  where  I  could  and  the  rest  of  the  time  along  the  ditch  of 
an  old  road. 

When  I  got  near  the  mill  the  first  men  I  saw  was  a 
detachment  from  my  own  company.  They  were  armed  only 
with  pistols  and  revolvers.  When  I  asked  them  what  they 
were  doing  there,  etc.,  they  told  me  they  were  my  working 
party  and  were  still  looking  for  me. 

They  were  in  command  of  Sergeant  Maurice  McKenna 
and  had  stuck  to  the  front  line  trench  all  night  through  the 
bombardments.  They  had  suffered  two  casualties,  two  men 
slightly  wounded  by  flying  shrapnel. 

About  an  hour  after  I  returned  the  two  infantry  lieuten- 
ants, Sergeant  Flannery  and  the  French  guide,  who  had  be- 
come separated  from  the  rest  of  us  the  night  before  when 
the  first  bombardment  commenced,  came  into  camp.  They  had 
not  been  discovered  by  the  Boche  and  when  daylight  came 
they  had  made  there  way  back  to  our  line. — George  W. 
Prichard,  First  Lieutenant  Co.  D,  338th,  M.  G.  Bn.,  Onawa,  la. 


The  Corporal  and  the  "Ghost" 

One  evening  while  in  our  billet  in  France,  in  the  little 
village  of  Longeaux,  the  boys  of  Billet  No.  35  were  sitting 
around  the  stove  telling  ghost  stories.  No  matter  what  ghost 
story  was  told  we  had  one  corporal  in  the  bunch,  who  would 
always  say  "I  do  not  believe  in  ghosts  and  I  never  shall  until 
I  see  and  hear  one  myself." 

One  evening  after  taps  had  sounded  and  we  were  all  in 
our  bunks  this  corporal,  who  bunked  next  to  me,  started  to 
brag  about  how  brave  he  was  and  that  he  was  not  afraid  to 
go  to  places  supposed  to  be  haunted.  I  thought  of  a  plan  that 
would  entertain  the  boys  of  the  billet,  so  I  started  to  tell  him 
that  I  did  not  believe  in  ghosts  either,  but  I  heard  that  the 
woods  just  north  of  our  billet  was  haunted,  and  on  certain 
nights  one  would  hear  strange  noises  and  see  ghosts.  So  I 
suggested  that  he  and  I  go  to  the  woods  some  night  and  find 
out  if  there  was  anything  to  the  story.  He  spoke  right  up  and 
said  "Sure  we  will  go  up !  I  will  not  believe  in  ghosts  until 
I  have  seen  one."  He  also  went  on  to  tell  how  he  had  often 
proved  that  certain  places  that  people  thought  were  haunted 
were  only  a  farce.  So  I  said  "All  right,  we  will  go  up  some 
time." 

The  next  day  I  fixed  it  all  up  with  the  rest  of  the  boys, 
and  told  them  I  was  going  to  prove  to  them  that  Corporal 
"Blaze"  was  afraid  of  ghosts,  even  if  he  said  he  was  not. 

Before  I  go  on  with  the  story  I  will  have  to  tell  you  how 
the  scene  was  laid.  The  woods  were  very  dark  at  night  as 
most  of  us  know.  A  stone  wall  surrounded  the  woods  and  in 
several  places  the  wall  had  tumbled  down,  leaving  openings 
so  one  could  pass  through.  There  was  a  path  running  through 
the  center  of  the  woods,  which  led  to  an  old  stone  cave,  that 
probably  had  been  built  in  the  year  12  B.  C.  It  was  a  very 
dark,  gloomy  place.  Just  to  the  rear  of  the  cave,  but  on  the 
outside  of  the  stone  wall,  was  a  hill  that  was  very  steep.  Co. 
B  and  Co.  K  of  the  350th  Inf.  will  know  exactly  the  location 
of  the  hill  as  Co.  K's  kitchen  was  at  the  foot  of  the  hill. 

I  stationed  about  five  of  the  boys  of  my  billet  in  the  woods 
behind  trees  and  stone  walls  and  I  took  one  of  our  white  bed 
sacks  and  was  going  to  be  the  ghost.  I  stationed  myself  about 
half  way  up  the  hill.  On  this  particular  evening  that  we 
planned  this  I  had  to  tell  Corporal  "Blaze"  that  I  had  to  go  to 
the  orderly  room  and  help  the  "Top  Soak"  with  some  work 
that  he  had  to  do.  (Did  I  say  the  "Top  Soak"  had  to  do 
some  work?  Well,  I  did  not  mean  that.  I  meant  I  was  going 
to  do  the  work  for  him.)  I  told  "Blaze"  I  was  sorry  I  could 
not  go  with  him  but  for  him  to  tell  me  what  they  would  see 
and  hear.     So  I   left  the  billet  early  and  stationed  my  men 


and  myself  and  had  it  all  fixed  with  the  rest  of  the  boys  to 
bring  "Blaze"  to  the  scene. 

It  was  a  moonlight  night  but  very  dark  in  the  woods, 
the  boys  were  tipped  off  to  flash  a  flash-light  when  they  were 
approaching  the  woods,  which  was  to  be  our  signal  that  they 
were  nearing  the  woods.  As  they  started  to  enter  the  woods 
one  of  the  stationed  men  began  to  pound  on  an  old  wooden 
pail  and  a  very  dull  noise  came  from  it.  Then  he  would  stop 
and  another  one  would  begin  to  make  a  noise  on  some  kind 
of  a  pan  or  kettle  in  another  direction.  They  kept  this  up  for 
a  short  time  and  then  all  was  silent.  Old  "Blaze"  was  stand- 
ing still  as  a  mouse  in  the  center  of  the  woods  still  brave, 
however,  although  the  boys  were  sure  his  knees  were  trem- 
bling. They  coaxed  him  to  go  a  little  closer  to  the  cave,  which 
he  did.  When  he  was  about  100  feet  from  the  cave,  I  rose 
up  from  my  lying  position,  with  this  white  sheet  in  front  of 
me,  and  started  down  the  hill  toward  the  cave.  At  first  when 
he  saw  me  he  wanted  to  run,  but  the  boys  did  not  think  it 
best  to  let  him  go  yet  so  they  said  "Let's  stay  and  see  what  it 
does."  As  I  was  coming  down  the  hill  toward  the  cave  and 
the  boys,  Old  "Blaze's"  nerve  was  giving  out,  but  he  held  his 
breath  until  I  reached  the  stone  wall.  From  where  he  was 
standing  he  could  not  see  the  opening  in  the  wall  which  had 
tumbled  down  and  as  I  came  through  the  opening  with  this 
white  bed  sack  in  front  of  me  I  stepped  on  it  and  tripped 
and  fell  on  the  rocks  causing  them  to  fall  away  some  more 
and  made  a  terrific  noise.  When  the  rocks  began  to  fall  it 
was  too  much  for  Old  "Blaze"  and  he  started.  No  one  could 
beat  that  old  race  horse.  He  reported  to  the  sergeants'  bil- 
let ;  told  them  how  the  ghost  came  through  the  stone  wall. 
This  is  the  way  he  said  it : 

"Why !  when  that  ghost  wanted  to  come  through  that 
stone  wall  he  just  shoved  it  down." 

By  the  way,  this  wall  was  about  seven  feet  high  and  two 
feet  thick.  But  of  course  he  did  not  know  that  I  was  lying 
there  on  the  rocks  rubbing  my  elbows  and  knees  that  got 
bruised  from  the  fall. 

Later  on  the  sergeants  were  all  put  wise  and  they  brought 
him  back  to  the  scene  and  this  time  he  was  not  so  brave  but 
said  "I  will  go  as  far  as  the  next  one  will  go,  but  I  will  not 
go  alone."  So  they  brought  him  back  and  he  was  trembling 
all  over  but  they  succeeded  in  getting  him  just  inside  of  the 
woods.  Then  tht  sergeants  began  to  search  for  me  but  of 
course  could  not  find  me.  I  placed  myself  in  the  cave,  this 
time,  and  they  kept  coaxing  him  a  little  closer  to  the  cave  and 
I  waited  until  he  got  rather  close  then  flashed  a  flash-light 
through  the  white  bed  sack  and  "Blaze"  was  off  again.  No 
one  could  stop  him  until  he  got  to  the  billet. 

I  came  in  later  and  here  the  boys  were  all  sitting  around 
a  cold  stove  telling  what  they  saw  and  they  told  me  that 
"Blaze"  now  believes  in  ghosts.     I  said  to  "Blaze" : 

"What  was  there  to  it?"  and  he  said  "I  now  believe  in 
them."  After  we  told  him  the  joke,  and  had  a  good  laugh, 
he  wanted  to  get  peeved  at  me,  and  I. told  him  that  we  were 
entertaining  the  boys  for  the  evening,  but  still  he  was  going 
to  get  peeved  but  the  boys  laughed  him  out  of  it  and  told  him 
the  story  would  not  get  into  any  books  so  the  folks  back  home 
would  know  how  brave  he  really  was.  The  story  spread  fast 
and  we  never  did  hear  the  end  of  it: — Corp.  R.  P.  Burfening, 
Co.  B,  350th  Inf.,  Fargo,  N.  D. 


Trooper  had  Enough  10  Miles  Away 

The  bombardment  on  the  night  of  Oct.  12-13  gave  the 
men  of  the  Division  their  first  taste  of  modern  high  explo- 
sives with  their  terrific  bursts,  frequency  and  noise.  It  could 
be  heard  and  seen  from  every  portion  of  the  sector  of  200 
square  miles  of  territory.  Far  off  at  the  Division  P.  C,  Mon- 
treux  Chateau,  men  of  Headquarters  Troop  gathered  on  the 
viaduct  of  the  railroad  to  watch  the  great  flashes  in  the  sky 
and  hear  the  explosions  which  even  at  that  distance  gave  a 
thrill  of  terror. 

"That's  enough  for  me,"  said  one,  "I've  seen  all  I  want 
of  that!     I  don't  want  to  get  any  nearer!" 
And  he  was  ten  miles  away ! 


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Personal  Narratives 


How  Capt.  Brethorst  Met  His  Death 

(Mr.  Janousek  was  asked  to  tell  something  about  the  night 
he  got  wounded  and  how  Capt.  P.  V.  Brethorst,  Lennix,  S. 
D.,  Co.  F,  350th  Inf.,  received  the  wounds  from  which  he  died. 
Brethorst  was  teaching  school  in  Wisconsin  or  Minnesota 
when  we  entered  the  war  and  he  was  a  reserve  officer  instruc- 
tor at  the  first  officers'  training  camp  at  Ft.  Snelling.  It  is 
safe  to  say  no  one  chafed  more  at  the  long  delay  in  sending 
the  88th  Div.  overseas,  and  though  he  often  said  he  did  not 
believe  he  would  come  back,  he  had  a  real  anxiety  lest  he 
should  never  see  the  trenches  after  all.  Much  has  been  said 
about  the  events  of  the  night  when  he  received  his  death 
wounds,  but  little  is  said  about  his  heroic  and  unspectacular 
service  just  behind  the  lines  trying  to  save  his  men,  who  were 
armed  not  with  guns  and  bayonets,  but  with  picks  and  shovels. 
For  his  company  was  going  out  to  dig  new  trenches  in  No 
Man's  Land.  Captain  Brethorst  was  terribly  wounded,  his 
back  being  badly  torn,  but  he  survived  several  days  and  until 
the  end  kept  up  a  brave  and  smiling  front  although  he  knew 
his  early  intuition  had  been  true — that  he  would  never  come 
back.  As  his  friend  I  am  glad  to  pay  what  honor  I  can  to  his 
memory. — E.  J.  D.  L.) 

It  was  the  12th  day  of  Oct.,  1918,  that  I  got  wounded 
while  marching  up  to  the  front.  This  happened  I  should 
say,  between  half  past  8  and  9  o'clock  in  the  evening,  but  why 
we  were  marching  up  to  the  front  for  we  didn't  know  and 
I  don't  know  to  this  day.  It  was  just  before  SAipper  that 
Captain  Brethorst  said  for  us  to  fall  out  right  after  supper 
with  light  packs  and  intrenching  tools,  and  he  also  told  us 
to  fasten  our  leggings  so  that  in  case  we  had  to  run  they 
wouldn't  come  down. 

When  we  got  to  a  village  about  a  mile  from  the  front. 
he  halted  us  and  we  stayed  there  for  an  hour  or  more  before 
we  continued  our  march,  and  when  we  got  out  of  this  village 
about  80  rods  the  Germans  opened  fire  on  us.  Then  Captain 
Brethorst  gave  us  orders  to  get  under  cover  the  best  we  could, 
which  we  did,  and  weren't  very  slow  about  it,  either.  I  was 
a  corporal  and  there  was  one  of  my  boys  that  didn't  get  hit. 
and  he  died  of  fright.  I  don't  remember  his  name  for  he 
wasn't  one  of  my  boys  until  that  night  when  he  was  put  in 
my  squad  for  replacement. 

Captain  Brethorst  gave  us  orders  to  get  under  cover,  but 
he  didn't  do  that  himself.  He  kept  pacing  back  and  forth  all 
the  time  just  in  back  of  us  from  where  the  shells  were  com- 
ing. The  reason  I  know  that  it  was  he  is  that  I  heard  some- 
thing in  the  grass  and  I  looked  back  and  saw  somebody  there ; 
and  it  was  just  light  enough  to  see  his  shining  leggings  and 
the  size  of  the  man.  I  knew  that  it  couldn't  be  anyone  else 
for  he  was  the  most  heavy  set  of  the  officers.  He  wandered 
so  far  away  that  I  didn't  see  him  when  he  got  hit,  but  at  the 
time  I  thought  something  had  happened  to  him,  although  I 
couldn't  tell  until  I  got  to  battalion  headquarters,  where  one 
of  the  lieutenants  told  me  that  our  captain  was  wounded. 

Well,  I  haven'  told  you  yet  where  I  was  hit.  I  got  a 
right  fractured  forearm  and  two  more  scratches  on  my  arm 
and  one  on  my  right  hip.  I  am  not  much  of  a  writer  as  you 
see,  or  I  would  write  more  about  myself  and  the  rest  of  the 
boys  I  know.  I  could  tell  you  more  than  I  can  write. — Char- 
lie Janousek,  Brookings,  S.  D. 


SERGEANT  GETS  HIS  CHANCE  TO  REVENGE  DEATH  OF 
BROTHER  IN  BATTLE  OF  YPRES 

You  all  know  how,  when  and  where  as  to  the  coming  to 
France  and  the  going.  Yes,  as  far  as  Byans  you  all  know  the 
coming.  Byans,  near  Hericourt,  40  kilos  from  Belfort,  is  where 
my  little  storv  begins. 

"Sept.  18,  1918— (So  reads  my  little  diary).  I  see  the 
first  signs  of  the  coming  storm.  A  couple  of  German  air- 
planes and  the  French  75's  trying  to  reach  them.  But  we  are 
having  a  problem ;  no  time  to  watch  the  little  puffs  of  smoke 
form  about  Fritzie. 

"Sept.  19— (So  says  the  little  book  again).  VOLUN- 
TEERS FOR  THE  FRONT.  I  am  amongst  the  lucky  ones 
to  get  REVENGE!  A  spark  that  has  burned  since  the  fatal 
report  of  Aug.  6,  1917,  when  an  American  lad  garbed  in  the 
uniform  of  the  R.  F.  A.  (Royal  Field  Artillery)  of  England 
fell  mortally  wounded  in  Valtinghe,  Ypres.  This  lad  was  my 
brother." 


Well,  to  make  a  long  story  short,  we  went  loaded  into 
trucks;  we  pulled  out.  On  our  way  to  the  front  we  passed 
several  units  which  consisted,  I  was  told,  of  the  29th  Div.  We 
stopped  for  a  short  time  at  a  wayside  cafe  where  the  French 
had  to  have  a  touch  of  vin  rouge  ^before  going  on.  As  one 
of  the  units  passed  us  some  of  our  boys  laughed  at  the  Hob 
Nail  Express  going  by  and  began  to  recite  the  "Charge  of  the 
Light  Brigade,"  when  one  of  the  Gold  Brick  Stragglers  butted 
in  with  "Laugh,  ya  bloody  recruits,  wait  until  you're  coming 
this  way,  then  ya'll  laugh — like  h'us !" 

Well,  we  landed  at  Dannemarie.     "Fall  in.    Throw  away  . 
your  fags,  no  smoking.    No  talking.    No  falling  out  till  orders 
to  do  so !" 

It  was  a  drizzly,  foggy  night.  All  the  way  the  glares  were 
showing  themselves.  Often  what  seemed  to  be  heat  lightning 
would  light  the  heavens  and  the  deep  roll  of  distant  cannon 
was  heard.  Well,  we  were  in  for  it  all  right.  More  than  one 
thought  of  HER  and  wondered  what  she  could  be -doing.  We 
finally  came  to  the  journey's  end.  Frenchmen  ran  here  and 
there.  Soon  came  my  turn.  Lieutenant  Carpenter  of  our  com- 
pany was  our  battalion  commander. 

"Corporal  Johnson,  you  will  be  in  charge  of  the  guard 
tonight,"  were  his  orders. 

I  mumbled  a  "Yes,  sir,"  but  my  heart  was  just  hitting  on 
one  cylinder.  So  we  were  led  to  our  stations.  The^  French 
adjutant  pointed  out  ahead.  All  he  could  say  was  ^Boche," 
then  pointing  in  another  direction  again  he  said  "Boche." 
Then  he  left  us. 

Well,  after  waiting  for  what  seemed  months,  daylight 
came  and  our  first  night  in  the  front  line  was  to  remain  in 
our  memories  forever.    Our  first  night  in  the  front  line ! 

It  was  not  until  the  21st  of  September  that  we  knew  what 
a  Whiz  Bang  was  or  the  real  whistle  of  the  77's  as  they  went 
over  our  heads,  and  not  until  the  29th  of  September  that  we 
had  any  reason  to  throw  a  grenade  or  fire  a  shot.  In  the 
afternoon  of  that  day  a  French  soldier  of  the  38th  Div.  in- 
fantry of  France  said  that  on  the  previous  night  the  French 
had  taken  a  prisoner  and  that  the  latter  had  said  that  a  raid 
was  to  be  pulled  off  the  coming  night.  You  can  well  imagine 
our  surprise  when  they  pulled  most  of  the  boys  out  of  the 
second  line  and  left  eight  men  and  a  non-com  (corporal), 
which  was  myself,  to  hold  the  front  line. 

Everybody  was  on  their  toes  as  soon  as  darkness  began 
to  settle.  About  9  o'clock  the  first  grenade  was  thrown  by 
Pvt.  Emmet  W.  Smith  of  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  who  figures  again  in 
my  story  somewhat  later.  (I  guess  every  rat  was  killed  that 
night,  as  we  never  saw  any  more  after  that.) 

Oct.  4  in  broad  daylight  two  French  sentinels  were  taken 
prisoners,  and  that  night  we  were  scheduled  for  patrol.  The 
first  French-American  patrol  of  the  88th  Div.  went  out  at  8 
o'clock  that  night.  The  Americans  were  Corp.  Elmer  G.  John- 
son, Hibbing,  Minn.,  and  Pvt.  Floyd  M.  Hammer,  Wetglaize, 
Mo.,  and  Emmet  W.  Smith.  Leaving  our  lines  at  8  P.  M.  with 
six  French  soldiers  and  a  French  adjutant  of  the  38th  Div. 
we  got  over  the  wire  entanglement  to  make  our  plans. 

When  we  started  we  had  an  interpreter,  but  somehow  he 
got  lost  or  became  confused  and  returned  to  the  P.  C.  But 
with  the  French  adjutant  in  motion  and  "Wee,  wee,"  we  found 
to  our  surprise  that  we  three  were  to  lead  the  patrol  at  100 
paces  and  30  paces  apart  from  each  other.  Being  Yanks  we 
said  "Wee,  Wee,"  and  off  we  went. 

At  11  P.  M.  we  were  to  hear  the  two  whistles  to  return 
to  the  tree  which  was  our  reference  point.  But  time  sped  on 
and  no  signal  came.  It  had  rained  for  two  hours  and  it  sure 
was  a  "mess"  of  a  time.  Hammer,  having  a  wrist  watch  and 
seeing  that  it  was  12  o'clock,  crept  in  from  his  place  and  he 
and  I  returned  to  the  tree,  whistled  for  Smith  and  left  for  our 
lines,  where,  after  a  half  hour  of  whistling,  Smith  came.  "Pa- 
trol," said  Smith.  "Hell,  the  Kaiser  in  Berlin  could  hear  the 
French  talking  while  we  were  out  there."  "Twas  the  "Patrol 
pas  bon,"  as  the  French  called  it. 

Well,  the  38th  French  Div.  bunch  left  us  and  we  got  a 
French  second  "looey"  down  in  the  trenches  one  day.  (He 
had  just  got  out  of  school.)  He  was  only  about  40  years  old. 
He  wanted  us  to  clean  out  the  trenches  and  take  away  the 
logs  which  were  lying  over  the  top.  But  those  logs  were  too 
good  to  be  taken  away  and  they  remained  there. 

Oct.  5  we  waited  all  day  with  our  eyes  scanning  No  Man's 
Land  trying  to  locate  the  "Boche  officer"  who  was  to  appear 


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35 


with  a  white  flag  as  a  truce  was  to  be  called. "  He  never  came, 
although  he  blew  a  bugle  all  the  afternoon. 

On  Oct.  7  our  company  came  up  as  we  were  going  back 
for  "rest."  But  the  French  major  at  Hagenbach  said,  "As 
you  were !"  After  lying  all  night  on  a  cement  floor  we  hiked 
back  again  to  out  company,  which  had  gone  up  to  the  front. 
We  hiked  10  kilos  for  one  night's  rest  on  a  cement  floor! 
*     ?!    * 

Between  the  7th  and  18th  of  October  our  company  sent 
out  several  patrols  without  success,  even  going  so  far  as  to 
enter  the  German  front  lines.  Oct.  16  I  went  to  Hagenbach  to 
act  as  a  guide  for  101  men  who  were  returning  from  the  hos- 
pitals. Adjutant  Lieut.  Slaughter,  (Ottumwa,  la.)  forbade 
us  to  leave  until  after  dark.    Thanks  to  his  good  judgment. 

Oct.  18,  Co.  I,  351st  Inf.  received  a  "Baptism  of  fire."  I 
had  been  kept  in  reserve  to  see  that  we  got  our  share  of  the 
rations  and  was  returning  when  a  couple  of  hand-grenades  ex- 
ploded. Then  H — 1  tore  loose.  This  is  where  1st  Lt.  James 
H.  Taylor,  University  Place,  Nebr.,  showed  his  mettle  by 
making  the  platoon's  front  line  under  a  heavy  barrage  fire. 
(Such  a  man  should  and  was  worthy  of  a  Special  Mention  to 
Headquarters,  but  he  never  got  it.)  Also,  one  Pvt.  John  Van- 
der  Linden  of  Bussey,  Iowa,  who  offered  his  services  and  did 
escort  Sgt.  Elmer  G.  Johnson  to  Post  58B  where  the  sergeant 
had  never  been  before.  Credit  must  also  be  given  to  one  Pvt. 
Otto  Malmind,  Brandon,  S.  D.,  for  finding  another  private, 
who  as  Malmind  said,  "had  'buck  fever.' "  And  when  the 
private  asked  Malmind  if  he  should  load  his  gun,  Malmind 
replied,  "No,  you  might  kill  somebody !"  But  that  is  not  all. 
Later  when  the  lieutenant  questioned  him  as  to  what  he  had 
done  with  the  forlorn  private,  Malmind  said,  "Ay  yust  pushed 
him  in  the  platoon's  toilet  so  he  wouldn't  get  hurt !" 

On  Oct.  26  we  were  helping  the  313th  Eng.  in  reconstruct- 
ing when  I  called  upon  Post  58A  of  Co.  I,  352d  Inf.  and 
found  the  automatic  post  carried  but  one  round  of  cartridges 
to  its  post.  They  soon  got  more  and  the  31st  of  October  they 
were  very  handy. 

My  story  is  about  completed.  Only  one  more  incident: 
Our  captain  lost  1,900  francs  on  our  hike  from  Hagenbach 
to  Evetta  near  Belfort.  Would  the  finder  have  a  heart?  No- 
body found  it !  But  you've  got  me  guessing  as  to  where  all 
the  "crap  money"  came  from  later  on. 

I  am  also  enclosing  a  list  of  the  boys  who  did  duty  the 
first  night  and  the  second  night,  Sept.  20  and  Sept.  21,  1918, 
according  to  my  diary : 


First  Night 


1st  Post  Co.  K. 
Stone,  H.  V. 
Vandergone,  G. 
Hanson,  Al. 
Wells,  Okey 
Worthington,  L. 
King,  Oscar 


2d  Post  Co.  I. 
Morris,  Melvin 
Peterson,  Harry 
Smith,  Emmett 
Hastings,  H.  L. 
Hepner,  Edward 
Hebbing,  G.  A. 


Corporal  of  the  Guard — Elmer  G.  Johnson 
Countersign — "Duvera." 

Second  Night 

Post  No.  1    Vandergone  Post  No.  4    Hastings 

Worthington  Smith 

Post  No.  2    Wells  Post  No.  5     Stone 

Hanson  King 

Post  No.  3     Hepner  Post  No.  6    Morris 

Hebbing  Peterson 

— Elmer  G.  Johnson,   Sgt.,  Co.   I,  351st  Inf.,  Hibbing,   Minn. 


He  Thought  up  the  Cloverleaf  Insignia 

Credit  for  originating  the  88th  Div.  "Cloverleaf"  insignia 
belongs  to  Corp.  Robert  J.  Fitzgerald,  Co.  A^  338th  M.  G.  Bn.. 
of  Kankakee,  111.  While  the  two  Figuj^JraJform  a  Maltese 
cross  it  is  the  resemblance  of  the  djgpSSJMltir-leafed  clover 
that  gave  the  Division  its  apwmniwn  (Jlftne  "Goverleaf  Di- 
vision." The  title  was  a^fifttngflnpnTCnion  to  an  earlier  nick- 
name of  the  "Luck|^K»V^Wnch  had  doubtful  origin  and 
was  even  more  wuotpity  appropriate.  The  question  of 
whether  the  88th  hijira  "lucky"  history  depends  entirely  upon 
the  point  of  view. 


The  Flu-Fighting  Ambulance  Company 

I  respectfully  dedicate  this  little  story  to  my  officers  and 
comrades  who  did  their  bit  in  the  World  War,  willingly  and 
without  complaint. 

After  many  months  of  hard  drilling  and  training  in  one 
of  Uncle  Sam's  huge  cantonments,  across  the  Big  Pond, 
through  several  rest  camps  and  a  couple  of  box-car  rides, 
the  349th  Ambulance  Co.  found  itself  close  enough  to  the 
Great  European  War  to  hear  the  boom  of  the  big  guns  of 
the  contending  armies;  one  fighting  for  the  extension  of 
territory,  greed  and  lust,  the  other  to  "make  the  world  a  de- 
cent place  to  live  in." 

So  there  we  were,  billeted  in  a  French  town  called 
Chavannes-sur-1'  Etang,  up  in  Alsace-Loraine,  expecting  in 
a  few  days  to  become  a  cog  in  the  mighty  allied  army. 

Well,  one  morning  after  we  had  been  in  this  town  a 
couple  of  days  we  fell  out  for  morning  roll-call,  as  usual. 
After  reporting  the  company  "all  present  and  accounted  for" 
(when  I  knew  that  more  of  them  were  asleep  in  the  billets 
than  were  in  line),  the  captain  made  the  announcement  that 
we  were  to  proceed  without  delay  to  Belfort,  France,  where 
we  were  to  open  and  maintain  a  hospital. 

His  words  almost  dumfounded  us.  We,  a  company 
trained  for  field  work  and  just  aching  to  smell  a  little  of 
the  Fritzies'  gas  and  hear  the  whine  of  his  shells,  to  beat  it 
back  to  do  the  work  of  women  and  Base  Hospital  men  1 

Well,  duty  is  duty,  so  we  all  cut  out  our  crabbing  and 
made  the  best  of  the  trick  Fate  had  played  on  us.  The  next 
day  found  us  busy  as  a  lot  of  ants,  getting  the  place  ready 
for  a  lot  of  patients  we  knew  were  coming  in  a  few  hours. 

The  place  we  were  to  mold  into  a  hospital  was  originally 
built  for  a  French  army  post.  It  had  also  been  used  as  a 
hospital  at  one  time  and  the  equipment  was  still  there.  The 
post  was  composed  of  about  16  gray  stone  buildings.  Six 
we  used  as  wards,  the  others  we  converted  into  the  kitchen, 
quarters  for  the  men,  office,  officers'  quarters,  store  room  and 
morgue. 

Now  here  are  the  cold  facts,  with  all  the  "boost"  left 
out,  that  some  of  us  soldiers  are  gifted  with:  In  18  hours 
after  we  had  arrived  our  company  of  117  men  and  three 
officers  had  cleaned  up  and  put  up  about  14  stoves,  carried 
from  the  storehouse,  a  distance  of  about  300  yards,  beds, 
linen,  blankets  and  other  ward  equipment,  to  completely  equip 
one  of  the  wards  which  would  accommodate  114  patients. 

That  afternoon,  not  quite  24  hours  after  we  had  arrived, 
the  ambulances  started  coming  in,  but  we  were  ready  and 
waiting.  These  ambulances  were  filled,  not  with  wounded 
men  from  the  front,  but  with  the  poor  boys  of  the  88th  Div. 
who  were  stricken  with  the  terrible  Spanish  Influenza,  which 
we  were  all  so  well  acquainted  with.  That  night  as  the  bugle 
bio  wed  taps  at  Hospital  Rethanns  (that  was  the  name  the 
French  had  given  it)  its  clear  notes  were  heard  by  about  60 
sick  boys,  tucked  into  warm  beds  by  the  lads  of  my  company, 
the  349th  Ambulance. 

Well,  from  that  time  on  until  we  were  relieved  by  the 
351st  Field  Hospital  some  four  weeks  later,  it  was  work,  and 
hard  work,  ior  everyone  of  us,  from  the  captain  down  to 
the  last  buck  private.  Every  day  we  opened  up  new  wards, 
until  we  were  caring  for  about  650  patients.  In  the  days 
that  followed  we  who  had  so  reluctantly  laid  aside  our  steel 
helmets  and  driver's  gloves  for  the  hospital  gown  and  mesh, 
fought  the  old  Flu  to  a  standstill.  We,  who  were  ambulance 
drivers  and  mechanics,  became  hospital  orderlies  and  me- 
chanics. 

When  we  first  started  of  course  we  did  not  have  much 
of  a  system  and  things  were  in  a  sort  of  jumble  for  our  train- 
ing had  been  for  field  work,  not  base  hospital.  Before  many 
days  rolled  by  things  had  got  to  going  pretty  smoothly,  and 
ambulance  drivers  had  become  expert  in  taking  temperatures 
and  giving  salts,  and  we  had  talked  our  chief  mechanic  into 
taking  charge  of  the  morgue. 

One  incident  I  will  never  forget  happened  as  I  went 
through  the  wards  to  see  how  the  ward  sergeants  were  getting 
along.  Coming  out  of  a  ward  into  the  hall  I  found  one  of 
the  boys  sorting  some  soiled  linen.     He  looked  up  and  said, 


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"Say,  Sergeant,  I  came  over  here  to  drive  an  ambulance; 
now  look  at  me,  working  day  and  night  in  a  base  hospital ; 
but  I  guess  I'm  doing  my  bit,  so  I  won't  kick."  That  was  an 
example  of  the  boys  who  pulled  many  of  the  lads  back  from 
the  clutches  of  the  old  Flu. 

Everj'  morning  during  our  stay  at  the  hospital,  it  was 
we  Medics,  in  the  doughboy  fashion,  who  shouldered  a  gun 
and  slowly  followed  a  wagon  draped  with  the  American  and 
French  flags  bearing  the  bodies  of  American  soldiers  whose 
great  adventure  had  ended,  not  on  the  field  of  glory  by  the 
Hun  bullets,  but  by  that  terrible  disease,  the  Spanish  Influ- 
enza, which  claimed  so  many  all  the  world  over  during  the 
winter  of  '18. 

Those  poor  boys  we  laid  to  rest  far  from  their  native 
soil  in  a  little  French  graveyard  in  Belfort,  France,  were 
buried  in  true  American  style,  their  coffins  draped  with  Old 
Glory,  a  few  words  by  an  Afherican  army  chaplain,  the  three 
volleys,  and  lastly  the  bugle  call  taps. 

After  a  few  weeks  of  work  as  a  base  hospital  unit  we 
were  relieved  and  told  the  next  day  we  would  leave  for  the 
Toul  front,  where  we  would  have  at  last  seen  action. 

The  morning  of  Nov.  10,  1918,  found  the  Flu  Fighting 
Ambulancers  at  Lagney,  France,  a  few  miles  from  the  Big 
Show,  and  the  next  day  we  were  to  go  in.  Well,  we  all  know 
what  happened  the  next  day,  one  of  the  greatest  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  world ;    the  Armistice  was  signed. 

So  Fate  had  cheated  us  again  from  work  on  the  front. 
but  I  think  we  had  done  our  bit,  just  the  same,  don't  you? 
— 1st  Sgt.  Wm.  C  Ronaldson.  349th  Ambulance  Co.,  313  San- 
itary Train,  1100  Adams  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 


tt 


Remember?" 


Refreshing  the  memories  of  buddies  in  Co.  C,  339th  Ma- 
chine Gun  Battalion. — By  F.  B.  Schwack: 

Remember    any    of    these?      Bcvo?      Maudass    2:08'i? 

Goldie  the  Horse  Jocky?    Vin  Rouge  and  Vin  Blanc  Twins? 

Slick?     Speck?    Boom?    Get  the  boom  and  sweep  the  woom? 

Toothless  Jerry?     Judge  Alton   B. ?     Pinkey?     Thoity-Thoid 

Avenoo  and  Thoity-Foist  St.  dog  robber?     Van?     Ike?     Sgt. 

Lantz?    Snake  'em  off  Lloyd?    Fritz?    Diddle?    Ma  Crosley? 

Dollie?    The  Runt?    Rum  Hound?     Onion  Face?    Overdick? 

Gunboat?     The  Ostrich?     Petit  Mechanic?     Allie  Allie  Jim? 

Battle    of    Loop    Run?     Charge    on  Rum    Hill?      Dynamite? 

Sears  Roebuck?    Little  Company  'tenshun? 

Remember  when  Boom  made  that  famous  speech :  "Come  on 
Joe"?    Eh? 

Remember  how  Dynamite  had  Schneider  hold  that  Goat  at 
Camp  Dodge?    Eh? 

Remember  how  Lieutenant  Swan  had  his  platoon  chopping 
wood  while  on  Alsace  front,  Eh?  Enough  wood 
for  the  French  Corps  that  relieved  us. 

Remember  how  Lieutenant  Clancy  poured  that  glorious  cog- 
nac out  of  Schriefer's  canteen  on  the  memorable 
hike  to  Bessancourt?  An  iron  man  for  a  drop  of 
it  now,  Eh? 

Remember  how  we  made  those  35  kilometers,  pulling  carts, 
equipment  and  ammunition  by  hand  on  only  one 
dry  bread  bacon  sandwich,  and  in  nine  and  one- 
half  hours?  Eh?  You  thought  you  was'a  jackass, 
a  mule  'nvrything,  but  you  wasn't,  you  ain't,  and 
will  not  be,  because  you  are  a  Yank  and  World 
War  Hero. 

Remember  the   latrine   dope,    seventh   hole,   when    do    we  go 

home,  inspections,  etc.,  etc.,  Eh.? 
Remember  the  Eau  Portable  fountains,  all  the  frogs  kneeling 

down  ready  to  jump  in  the  pool,  but  you  found  out 

that  they  were  only  washing  clothes.     Remember 

the  guard-house  lawyer?     Eh? 
Remember  when  top  kicker  McDonald  said  "Hey  you  funny 

face,  what  is  your  name?"    Eh? 
Remember  how  hard  you  tried  to  find  out  how  Gunboat  Smith 

could  get  so  many  blankets  issued,  Eh  ? 
Remember  when  we  hung  out  the  last  shingle  "Old  Latrine?" 

Eh  ? 

Remember  that  school  at  St.  Joire?     Eh? 


Remember  them  carrots,  Eh?  Mess-hound  Waddick  was  not 
to  blame. 

Remember  that  pit-pitter-patter-pat  that  lullabicd  you  to  sleep 
each  night,  Eh? 

Remember  the  first  ride  in  40  Hommcs  shoveout  8?    Eh? 

Remember  when  you  joined  the  A.  E.  F.  O.  F.  Lodge?  Amer- 
icans Exploring  France  on  Foot.    Eh? 

Remember  how  you  wondered  why  Buckley  was  only  a  cor- 
poral?   Eh? 

Remember  the  time  we  were  to  see  the  first  American  Girls 
in  a  show  how  we  fixed  up  the  barn  for  theatre, 
hay-mound  for  stage?  Remember  how  you  cleaned 
and  shaved  up  that  time?  Do  you  do  it  now?  And 
remember  that  about  all  the  girls  did  do  is,  sang, 
"Homeward  Bound"  song  that  we  knew  so  well? 
Eh? 

Remember  Nolan  and  his  "Rocky  Road  to   Doublin"?     Eh? 

Remember  how  Gregory  and  Parker  cornered  the  market  on 
francs?     Eh? 

Remember  at   Gondrccourt  when   Black-jack   inspected  you? 

He  stopped  two  inches   from  you,  looked  at  you 

and  you  did  not  see  him?     Why  didn't  you  look 

at  him?     Eh? 
Remember  when  Sallese  went  to  Orderly  Room  with  full  pack 

and  wanted  a  pass  to  Italy?     Eh? 
Remember  when  Sergeant  Yates  said  "Lookout,  I  am  coming 

out."     He  did  and  was  crocked  for  a  goal  by  the 

guard  ?    Eh  ? 
Remember  that  drum  corps  we  had  at  Chassy?     Eh? 
Remember  that  billeting  officer  of  ours  when  we  pulled  into 

rest  camp  at  La-Chappelle-Chea-Poop?     Eh? 
Remember  the  swell  chicken  dinner  Xmas  1918?    Six  chickens 

for  154  men,  then  somebody  stole  six  more  from 

"ncversmile"   and   we  had   to    chip   in   une    franc, 

cinquate  centimes,  for  them?     Eh? 
Remember  how    Corn   Willie   paid   us   a   visit   Thanksgiving, 

1918?    And  remained  for  dinner?     Eh? 
Remember  how  hungry  the  fish  were  or  must  have  been  on 

way  home?     Eh? 
Remember  the  cribbage  fiends?     Eh? 
Remember  the    famous   expressions:      Cigarett?     Shokolaat? 

vollez  vous  promenade  avec  mwa?     Oola-la,  wee, 

wee?    Zig-zag?     Zig-zig?     Beaucoup  malade?  and 

remember   how   they   put    sugar   on   the    beans   to 

make  them  toot  sweet  ?     Eh  ? 
Remember  how    pickled   you    got   on   your    furlough?      You 

thought   frogs   charged  you   too   much.     Can   you 

get  pickled  for  that  money  here  ?     Eh  ? 
Remember  the  Rhesus?    St.  Charles?    Pastores?    Eh? 
Remember  how  Captain  Tyschen  admonished  us  against  those 

French  girls,  to  remember  the  girls  we  left  behind 

and  how  he  himself  got  married  with  first  girl  he 

met  ?     Eh  ? 
Remember  how  economical  Sergeant  Boom  was?     Could  you 

get  a  shirt?    Trousers?    Leggins?      Hell   no,  but 

can  you  get  them  for  nothing  now?     Eh? 
Remember  how  you  worked  off  vour  poll  tax  on  frog  roads? 

Eh? 
Remember  the  "Fall  out  one,  two  and  three"  but  you  didn't 

fall  out,  you  just  turned  and  run  like  a  deer?     Kb? 
Remember  how  the  dog  "Trondes"  stood  reveille  and  retreat 

each  day  ?     Eh  ? 
Remember  how  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  served  you  hot  drinks,  choco- 
late and  doughnuts  at  the  front?     Eh? 
Remember  Caruso  Beck?    Eh? 
Remember  how  Kendall  was  finishing  his  one-mile  relay?    He 

looked    like    a    hobo    running    out    from    railroad 

yards  ?    Eh  ? 
Remember  that  parade  at  Camp  Dodge?     Eh? 
Remember  when  you  got  that  discharge  paper?     Eh?    Well 

the  dog  is  sending  each  and  every  one  his  best 

wishes  and  regards. 


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37 


An  October  Morning  "Strafe" 

My  experience  on  the  morning  of  Oct.  31,  1918,  is  indeed 
an  interesting  memory  to  me,  and  may  be  to  other  members 
of  the  Division.  As  I  recall  it  the  morning  was  damp  and 
foggy.  After  my  usual  inspection  of  the  posts  I  left  Sergeant 
Swanson  in  charge  of  the  platoon  and  went  down  into  my 
dugout  for  a  little  rest. 

All  was  quiet  until  about  9  o'clock  when  a  barrage  opened 
and  the  gas  alarm  was  given.  The  shells  were  dropping  pretty 
thick  around  my  P.  C.  but  after  making  sure  that  there  was 
no  gas  I  took  off  my  mask  and  tried  to  discover  what  was  go- 
ing on. 

One  of  the  boys  at  the  nearest  post  (Private^  Larson) 
was  unlucky  enough  to  be  in  the  way  of  a  shell  which  shat- 
tered his  arm  and  broke  his  leg  in  two  places.  Fortunately 
for  the  rest  of  us  his  shell  turned  out  to  he  a  dud.  A  corporal 
nearby  had  his  coat  tail  and  the  butt  of  his  rifle  trimmed  off 
and  was  quite  excited  until  he  recovered  the  wounded  man's 
gun  and  found  it  in  working  order. 

I  got  in  the  way  of  a  bit  of  H.  E.  myself,  which  plowed 
through  the  side  of  my  neck.  I  felt  no  pain  at  the  time  but 
was  a  little  inconvenienced  by  the  blood  until  one  of  the  boys 
helped  me  tie  on  my  first  aid  bandage. 

I  was  quite  concerned  about  the  advanced  posts  so  sent 
one  of  the  corporals  out  to  see  how  they  were  getting  on  and 
to  help  them  out  if  necessary.  Also  sent  a  runner  back  to 
company  headquarters  with  the  word  that  we  were  being 
shelled  but  were  holding  our  position. 

Both  got  through  safely  and  in  the  meantime  Sergeant 
Swanson  succeeded  in  getting  our  wounded  man  back  to  the 
dressing  station,  with  the  aid  of  some  machine  gun  men  who 
happened  to  be  resting  at  our  P.  C.  at  the  time. 

In  passing  along  our  line  of  resistance  I  found  every 
man  at  his  post  ready  to  do  his  part  when  he  got  the  chance. 
The  barrage  lasted  but  a  short  time.  When  it  lifted  we  dis- 
covered that  our  front  line  had  been  left  untouched  and  that 
our  outposts  were  on  the  lookout  for  raiders. 

*  We  failed  to  see  any  however,  for,  as  we  afterwards 
learned,  the  attack  was  aimed  at  I  Company's  sector  just 
north  of  us  around  the  brow  of  a  hill. 

Things  soon  quieted  down  so,  after  visiting  all  the  posts 
again  and  finding  them  in  good  condition  and  ready  for  the 
worst.  I  left  the  sergeant  in  charge  and  walked  back  to  the 
dressing  station  to  have  a  new  bandage  put  on  my  neck. 

There  they  insisted  on  relieving  me  from  duty  and  send- 
ing me  back  to  Battalion  headquarters  with  Larson  who  had 
received  first  aid  but  was  suffering  terribly.  Larson  was 
taken  on  back  to  the  hospital  but  was  in  so  serious  a  con- 
dition that  he  died  that  night. 

I  was  very  much  disappointed  at  not  being  allowed  to 
go  back  to  the  outfit  but  think  I  didn't  miss  much,  as  the 
company  was  relieved  after  a  couple  of  days  in  which  no 
more  excitement  turned  up. 

I  was  greatly  pleased  with  the  conduct  of  every  man  in 
the  platoon,  in  the  little  emergency,  and  felt  assured  that 
the  months  of  training  had  not  been  in  vain.  We  were 
readv  for  the  bigger  job  that  had  been  laid  out  for  us. — Don- 
ald C.  Elder,  Dewitt,  la.,  Lt,  Co.  L,  352nd  Inf. 


Almost! 


Where  the  Germans  played  their  pranks, 
Where  the  doughboys  spent  their  francs, 

In  Leipzig  and  Berlin. 
Where  the  Germans  shed  their  blood 

In  Leipzig  and  Berlin. 
Where  the  doughboys  slept  in  dugouts, 
Where  the  doughboys  chased  the  Hun 
And  took  away  his  gun —  . 

In  Leipzig  and  Berlin. 
Where  the  doughboys  shot  their  craps 
In  shell-holes  and  in  gaps 

In  Leipzig  and  Berlin. 
Where  the  doughboy  slept  in  mud 
With  a  cootie  for  his  "bud," 

In  Leipzig  and  Berlin! 
George  Schamaun,  Rear  1410  3d  St.,  S.  W.,  Canton,  O. 


An  Old  Favorite  "Over  Here" 

It's  a  long  way  to  Berlin,  but  we'll  get  there. 

Uncle  Sam  will  show  the  way. 

Over  the  line  and  across  the  Rhine. 

Shouting  Hip  !   Hip  !   Hooray.        . 

We'll  sing  Yankee  Doodle  "Under  the  Linden", 

With  some  real  live  Yankee  pep  !    Hep ! 

It's  a  long  way  to  Berlin 

But  we'll  get  there, 

And  we're  on  our  way,-  by  heck,  by  heck ! 

— From  Pvt.  George  C.  Parks. 


My  Experience  in  the  350th  Inf. 

First  came  the  call  to  arms.  When  I  arrived  in  camp  it 
seemed  quite  a  strange  place,  but  after  I  got  down  to  work  I 
didn't  have  much  time  to  think.  After  a  course  of  six  months 
we  were  ordered  to  France.  We  left  New  York  Aug.  16,  1918, 
and  arrived  in  Liverpool,  England,  Aug.  29.  We  got  up  in 
the  morning  and  found  ourselves  in  a  strange  country.  Then 
is  the  time  the  boys  began  to  get  homesick. 

We  left  England  Sept.  1  and  arrived  in  France  Sept.  2. 
Then  started  those  heavy  packs  and  endless  hikes  and  hard- 
tack and  bully  beef.  After  we  had  hiked  around  for  about  a 
month  we  were  ordered  to  the  firing  line  which  was  Alsace- 
Lorraine.  That  was  the  8th  day  of  October.  We  were  scared 
out  when  we  arrived  but  later  we  got  very  bold. 

I  was  a  350th  Inf.  scout  and  had  lots  of  excitement.  I 
very  well  remember  the  first  night  we  were  out  on  patrol.  The 
boys  said,  "We  will  stick  together,  no  matter  what  happens;" 
and  we  sure  did !  We  were  crawling  up  an  old  German  trench 
and  one  of  the  boys,  Ben  Bryant,  a  big,  burly  Missourian,  said, 
"Well,  boys,  I  reckon  as  how  we-all  better  make  our  wills  be- 
fore we  go  any  farther." 

Eugene  Perry  spoke  up.  "Well,  boys,  it  wouldn't  be  so 
bad  if  we  could  see  which  way  those  bullets  were  coming." 
The  bullets  came  thick  and  fast  sometimes,  but  we  were  never 
lucky  enough  to  stop  any  of  them. 

One  night  we  were  trapped  in  a  barb-wire  entanglement 
between  the  first  and  second  line  of  German  trenches  and  the 
boys  got  to  cussing  and  were  heard  by  a  German  patrol.  Of 
course  they  naturally  sent  free  bullets  over  us,  but  we  all  got 
out  of  it  lucky  and  accomplished  our  mission. 

We  left  Alsace  about  Oct.  28  and  later  were  ordered  to 
the  Toul  sector,  but  before  we  got  a  chance  to  get  up  to  the 
firing  line  the  armistice  was  signed.  Then  came  the  thought 
of  going  home.  You  could  hear  them  all  holler,  "When  do 
we  go  home?" 

We  were  stationed  at  Longeau,  France,  till  May  1,  then 
we  started  for  St.  Nazaire.  We  sailed  from  St.  Nazaire  May 
18,  1919,  landed  at  Newport  News,  U.  S.  A.,  May  30,  and  were 
mustered  out  June  6.  We  sure  were  a  happy  bunch  to  get 
back  home  again. — George  Schamaun,  Rear  1410  3d  St.  S.  W., 
Canton,  O. 


Army  Life  in  France 

I  am  sitting  alone  in  my  billet,  while  the  rain  and  the  sleet  is 

falling  down, 
My  comrades  are  out  and  a-working,  while  I  am  a-lounging 

around. 
The  place  is  cold  and  cheerless,  one  little  old  stove  near  the 

door. 
The  chickens  roost  up  on  the  rafters,  while  we  sleep  down  on 

the  floor. 
Some  go  to  bed  before  supper,  some  at  the  bugle's  last  call, 
Some  come  in  at  midnight  while  others  don't  come  in  at  all. 
We  are  up  at  six  in  the  morning,  and  down  to  breakfast  we 

stream; 
It  is  nothing  but  rice  and  bacon,  and  coffee,  sans  sugar  and 

cream. 
At  noon  it  is  beef  and  boiled  onions,  and  potatoes  with  jackets 

on  tight, 
A  slice  of  bread  and  black  coffee,  but  butter  is  never  in  sight. 
And  at  night  when  we  are  lined  up  for  supper.    Oh !   What  do 

you  think  they  do  ? 
As  we  pass  along  with  our  mess  kits,  they  fill  them  with  Mul- 
ligan stew ! 


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We  eat  in  the  streets  and  the  barnyards,  we  wash  our  clothes 

in  the  stream, 
And  take  our  baths  in  a  bath  house  without  any  fire  or  steam. 
Our  clothes  are  wet  almost  always,  for  there's  no  place  to  dry 

them,  you  see, 
For  fires  are  scarce  in  this  country,  while  the  sun  you  never 

can  see. 
One  day  it  is  cold  and  a- freezing,  the  next  day  it's  mud  to 

your  knees 
With   a   cold,   cold   rain   a-falling,   and  the  next  day  a  nice, 

gentle  breeze. 
But  I'm  still  alive  and  a-kicking,  and  some  day  expect  to  be 
Back  in  the  land  where  life's  living!     In  My  Land  over  the 

seal 
— Wagoner  John  Engel,  313th  Eng.,  Co.  B,  Gettysburg,  S.  D., 

Bx.  532. 


Adventures  at  Couvertpuits 

After  the  armistice  was  signed  and  the  338th  Machine 
Gun  Bn.  was  snugly  (?)  billeted  in  the  little  town  of  Couver- 
puits,  in  the  Province  of  Meuse,  it  seemed  the  chief  ambition 
of  the  headquarters  bunch  to  dodge  as  many  details  as  possi- 
ble, and  spend  their  leisure  moments  in  the  neighboring  town 
of  Morley,  where  no  Americans  were  quartered  and  there 
were  no  "off  limit"  signs  to  mar  their  pleasure.  Part  of 
Headquarters  Co.  was  billeted  in  a  combination  house  and 
barn  belonging  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henri  Rochere.  The  latter 
was  nicknamed  by  the  boys  "Shot  Gun  Liz,''  much  to  her 
chagrin.  In  fact  this  name  was  so  distasteful  to  her  that  at 
the  mere  mention  of  it  she  would  pick  up  her  broom  and  pur- 
sue the  offender. 

Our  sleeping  quarters  were  in  a  loft  which  was  reached 
by  a  ladder  and  also  by  the  odors  from  the  cows,  pigs,  horses 
and  the  ever  present  manure  pile.  To  get  to  this  ladder  it 
was  necessary  to  go  through  the  front  room.  The  inhabitants 
of  this  loft — besides  the  rats  and  cooties — were  Corp.  Orval 
William  Epperson  (in  charge),  Private  Ernest  M.  ("Gun 
Boat")  Smith.  Private  Loren  ("Affidavit")  Buck,  Private  An- 
drew G.  Anderson,  Private  George  States,  Wagoner  Axel 
Jermstad,  Wagoner  Thomas  ("Red")  Nagle  and  Wagoner 
John  Proctor. 

One  night  after  taps  had  sounded  our  attention  was  at- 
tracted by  noises  downstairs.  This  proved  to  be  Wagoner 
Jermstad,  returning  from  an  afternoon  and  evening  at  Morley 
where  was  a  fair  mademoiselle,  who  very  graciously  smiled 
on  him  as  she  poured  his  "encore  cognac"  and  took  his  francs. 

The  Rocheres  had  killed  a  hog  that  day  and  hung  it  just 
inside  the  front  door  and  as  he  was  groping  his  way  toward 
the  ladder,  leading  to  the  loft,  he  grasped  the  suspended  hog 
in  his  arms,  which,  at  every  advance  step,  pushed  him  back- 
wards. Jerry,  feeling  that  he  was .  making  no  progress  in 
reaching  his  sleeping  quarters,  began  calling  aloud: 

"Erickson,  Erickson,  someone  is  trying  to  knock  me 
down !" 

Jerry  had  dallied  in  the  cafe  until  it  had  closed  and  he 
now  wondered  if  that  had  not  been  too  long.  He  finally 
mounted  the  ladder  to  the  loft,  without  any  assistance,  and 
after  lighting  a  candle,  prepared  to  get  into  bed,  removing  his 
hat,  coat  and  shirt.  His  other  wearing  apparel,  consisting  of 
boots,  trousers,  etc.,  were  left  on.  He  had  no  sooner  reached 
the  bed  than  he  decided  he  was  sick  and  asked  "Gun  Boat" 
Smith  to  take  him  to  the  infirmary.  His  requests  being  ig- 
nored he  put  his  pack  on  his  back,  took  Smith's  rifle  and 
started  down  the  ladder,  sans  hat,  coat  or  shirt.  Smith,  who 
had  been  feigning  sleep,  seeing  his  rifle  disappear,  yelled  for 
him  to  come  back  and  wait  until  morning  when  the  ambulance 
would  come  for  him. 

Jermstad  complied  and  crawled  into  bed  and  soon  began 
begging  Smith  to  come  and  see  what  was  on  his  feet,  some- 
thing that  was  in  bed  with  him.  The  "something"  proved  to 
be  his  boots  which  he  had  forgotten  to  remove.  Later  he 
was  disturbed  by  the  mournful  wailings  of  a  cat  somewhere 
in  the  darkness  and  crawled  out  of  bed,  taking  Smith's  shoe 
in  one  hand  and  a  lighted  candle  in  the  other  and  started  out 
in  pursuit  of  the  offender.     The  "cat"— which  proved  to  be 


Corporal    Epperson — immediately   ceased    his    whinings    until 
Jerry  was  snugly  tucked  in  bed  again. 

It  may  be  interesting  to  here  relate  how  a  few  of  our 
Headquarters  boys  earned  the  titles  they  bore : 

One  wintry  night  when  the  thermometer  stood  about  2 
below  by  the  centigrade,  our  reputed  champion  checker  player, 
Private  Ernest  M.  Smith — his  favorite  cigar  tucked  at  the 
usual  angle  of  45  degrees  from  the  right  corner  of  his  mouth, 
his  cap  pulled  over  his  left  ear  to  balance  his  head — sallied 
forth  with  the  intention  of  extending  his  conquests  in  his  much 
loved  game.  The  darkness  of  the  night,  further  intensified  by 
the  fact  that  he  had  just  come  from  the  house  brilliantly  light- 
ed by  two  tallow  candles,  blinded  him  to  such  an  extent  that 
his  footsteps  strayed  from  the  narrow  road  and  before  he 
realized  it  he  was  plunging  headlong  into  a  creek,  which  flow- 
ed between  banks  about  5  feet  high,  and  was  only  a  few  feet 
from  the  road  at  this  point. 

Ordinarily  a  "cootie"  could  swim  it  with  ease,  but  recent 
rains  1iad  transformed  it  into  a  stream  of  considerable  depth. 
When  he  came  up  sputtering  he  was  minus  both  cap  and  cigar 
— the  former  was  recovered  the  next  day  with  the  aid  of  a 
pole,  but  the  cigar  was  not  found.  No  doubt  if  the  villagers 
had  known  that  beneath  that  foot  of  mud  lay  one  cigar  that 
had  barely  been  lighted  they  would  probably  be  endeavoring  • 
yet  to  find  it.  He  scrambled  up  the  bank  and  hurriedly  re- 
traced his  steps,  his  only  thought  being  to  get  warm  and  dry. 
His  ardor  for  checkers  was  cooled  for  the  time.  As  his  ward- 
robe consisted  of  what  he  was  wearing  at  the  time  of  his 
plunge  the  only  thing  left  for  him  to  do  was  to  go  to  bed  and 
have  his  clothes  put  by  the  fireside  to  djT-  His  chief  regret 
was  that  this  plunge  had  not  occurred  earlier  in  the  week  as 
he  had  already  taken  the  weekly  bath  which  was  compulsory. 
It  was  not  to  his  liking  to  take  two  baths  in  one  week.  From 
this  date  he  was  nicknamed  "Gun  Boat"  Smith. 

Private  Loren  Buck  was  assistant  to  the  billeting  officer. 
A  certain  Frenchman  missed  about  8  feet  of  gutter  pipe  from 
his  building  and  suspicioning  some  American  was  using  it  for 
a  stovepipe  put  in  a  claim  against  the  United  States  for  the 
loss  of  it.  Buck  was  given  the  task  of  getting  affidavits  to 
either  establish  or  reject  this  claim.  He  loyally  performed 
this  work  by  hiding  out  each  morning  after  mess,  his  refuge 
being  at  the  fireside  of  "Shot  Gun  Liz"  mother-in-law.  where 
he  and  Corporal  Epperson  would  "parler"  with  her  and  inci- 
dentally persuade  her  to  fry  "duo  oeufs" ;  and  by  paying 
"cinq  francs"  and  supplying  "graisse"  and  "sucre"  induce  her 
to  furnish  the  balance  of  the  ingredients  to  make  "gaufres." 

She  would  squat  in  the  center  of  the  hearth  with  batter 
on  one  side  and  bacon  rind  with  which  to  grease  the  waffle 
iron  on  the  other.  During  these  morning  socials,  Minnie,  the 
cat,  and  Henri,  the  dog,  would  sit  at  opposite  ends  of  the  fire- 
place, and  wistfully  await  an  opportunity  to  partake  of  the 
dainties.  If  the  old  lady's  back  was  turned  Minnie  would 
avail  herself  of  the  chance  to  lick  the  surplus  grease  from  the 
bacon  rind  while  Henri  would  lap  a  few  mouthfuls  of  the 
batter.  Nevertheless  we  ate  them  with  as  much  relish  as  if 
they  had  been  cooked  in  the  most  sanitary  kitchen.  After 
spending  a  week  thus,  Buck's  ruse  was  found  out  with  the 
result  that  he  was  sent  to  school  at  St.  Joire  as  punishment, 
but  the  nickname  of  "Affidavit"  Buck  stuck.— O.  W.  Epperson, 
Neasho,  Mo. 


Doughboy  Blues 

There  were  details  that  made  us  happy 
There  were  details  that  made  us  blue 
There  were  details  that  drove  away  the  sunshine 
Like  the  M.  P.'s  drove  us  from  the  booze. 
There  were  details  that  had  an  awful  meaning 
That  the  doughboy  alone  could   feel, 
But  the  details  that  filled  our  hearts  with  sadness 
Were  the  details  with  one  cooked  meal. 

(Composed  by  Billet  No.  13  Bonnet,  France,  April  25,  1919). 

A.  R.  Johnson,  Nanson.  N.  D. 


Personal  Narratives 


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Propaganda  Via  Airplane 

As  they  were  pioneers  in  development  of  "H.  E."  (high 
explosive)  shells  and  the  use  of  gas  projectiles  in  this  war, 
so  also  the  Germans  were  first  to  adopt  the  "gas"  of  insidious 
propaganda.  They  had  long  used  the  method  of  spreading 
doctrines  and  misinformation  useful  to  them  by  means  of  the 
press  before  the  war,  and  along  the  front  they  endeavored  to 
stab  directly  at  the  spirit  of  the  men  opposing  them  by  drop- 
ping leaflets  from  airplanes  behind  the  lines.  Some  of  these 
messages  were  crude  attempts,  but  showed  thorough  familiari- 
ty with  Yankee  talk.    Here  are  some  examples : 

"Do  your  part  to  put  an  end  to  the  war.  Put  an  end  to 
your  part  of  it.  Stop  fighting.  It  is  the  simplest  way.  You 
can  do  it,  you  soldiers.  Just  stop  fighting ;  the  war  will  then 
end  of  its  own  accord.  You  are  not  fighting  for  anything, 
anyway.  What  does  it  matter  to  you  who  owns  Metz  or  Stras- 
burg?  What  do  you  care  about  them?  But  there  is  a  little 
town  back  home,  in  the  little  old  United  States,  that  you  would 
like  to  see.  If  you  keep  on  fighting  here  in  the  hope  of  get- 
ting a  look  at  the  German  fortress  you  may  never  see  home 
again.  The  only  way  to  stop  the  war  is  to  stop  fighting. 
That's  easy.  Just  quit  and  slip  across  to  'No  Man's  Land,'  and 
join  the  bunch  that  is  taking  it  easy  there,  waiting  to  be  ex- 
cused and  taken  home.  There  is  no  disgrace  in  that.  That 
bunch  of  American  prisoners  will  be  welcomed  just  as  warmly 
as  you  who  stick  it  out  in  those  infernal  trenches.  Get  wise. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  glory  of  keeping  up  the  war. 

No  Business  in  France 

"And  think  of  the  increasing  taxes  you  will  have  to  pay ! 
The  longer  the  war  lasts  the  larger  those  taxes  at  home  will 
be.  Get  wise  and  get  over.  All  the  fine  words  about  glory 
are  tommyrot.  You  have  not  any  business  fighting  in  France. 
You  had  better  be  fighting  the  money  trust  at  home  instead 
of  fighting  your  fellow  soldiers  in  gray  over  here,  when  it 
does  not  really  matter  two  sticks  to  you  how  the  war  goes. 

"Your  country  needs  you ;  your  family  needs  you,  and  you 
need  your  life  for  something  better  than  being  gassed,  shot  at, 
deadened  by  cannon  shot  and  rendered  unfit  physically  by  the 
miserable  life  you  must  lead  here.  The  tales  they  tell  you  of 
the  condition  of  the  German  prison  camps  are  fairy  tales.  Of 
course  you  may  not  like  being  a  prisoner  of  war;  but  any- 
thing is  better  than  this  infernal  place,  without  any  hope  of 
escape,  except  by  being  wounded,  after  which  you  will  only 
be  sent  back  for  another  hole  in  your  body.  Wake  up  and 
stop  the  war.  You  can,  if  you  want  to.  Your  government 
does  not  mean  to  stop  the  war  for  years  to  come,  and  the 
years  are  going  to  be  long  and  dreary.  You  had  better  go, 
while  the  going  is  good." 

Better  to  Live  than  Die 

"Don't  die  until  you  have  to !  What  business  have  you  to 
die  for  France,  for  Alsace,  for  Lorraine  or  for  England  in 
France?  Isn't  it  better  to  live  than  to  die  anyhow,  however 
glorious  a  cause?  Isn't  it  better  to  live  and  go  back  to  the 
old  folks  at  home  than  to  rot  in  the  shell  holes  and  trenches 
of  France? 

"You  have  had  to  hear  many  high  falutin'  words  about 
liberty,  humanity  and  making  the  world  safe  for  Democracy, 
but,  honest  now,  are  not  these  catch  words,  merely  sugar-coat- 
ing to  the  bitter  pill,  making  you  spend  wretched  months  far 
from  home?  Do  you  really  believe  those  German  soldier  boys 
in  the  faded  gray  uniforms  on  the  outside  of  'Xo  Man's  Land' 
are  on  the  trail  of  your  liberties?  Just  like  you,  they  want  the 
war  to  end  with  honor,  so  they  can  go  back  to  their  home- 
folks.  All  they  want  is  a  chance  to  live  and  let  live,  and  so 
if  you  should  happen  to  fall  into  their  hands,  you  wil  find 
that  they  treat  you  fair  enough  on  the  principle  of  'live  and 
let  live.'  Why  run  any  more  chance  than  you  have  to?  You 
might  just  as  well  be  a  free  boarder  in  Germany  till  the  war 
is  over.    You  don't  want  to  die  until  you  have  to." 

Another  dropped  in  the  88th  Div.  lines  read: 

"Soldiers  of  the  U.  S.  A. !     As  we  hear  from  your  com- 


rades seized  by  us,  your  officers  say  that  we  kill  prisoners  of 
war  or  do  them  some  other  harm. 
"Don't  be  such  greenhorns ! 

"How  can  you  smart  Americans  believe  such  a  silly  thing!" 
All  of  which  indicated  anew  how  little  the  Germans  un- 
derstood the  Americans  or  realized  the  quality  of  the  average 
doughboy's  intelligence. 


Why  is  it  Called  "Rest  Camp?" 

One  doughboy  to  another: 

Don't  you  know  what  a  "rest  camp  is?  Why,  they  walk 
a  man  in  heavy  pack  for  miles  up  hill  until  he  can't  walk  a 
step  farther  and  he  falls  down  in  a  heap  all  in.  They  call 
that  spot  a  "rest  camp." 


An  Open  Invitation 

Tim  Casey  Kniffen  of  the  349th  Ambulance  Co.,  is  one  of 
those  fortunate  young  men  blessed  with  a  real,  motherly  moth- 
er. "Tim,  (she  writes)  says  he  stayed  a  year  in  France  and 
while  he  didn't  shine  much  in  the  fight  he  sure  did  shine  when 
it  came  to  something  to  eat.  Also  shone  in  the  K.  P.  so  much 
that  after  he  came  home  he  would  forget  and  would  catch 
himself  helping  with  the  dishes.  At  present  he  is  half  owner 
of  the  Manitou  Plumbing  Co.  at  Manitou,  Colo.  We  own 
'Dixie  Land,'  a  summer  home  in  Cheyenne  Canon,  Colorado 
Springs.  Would  be  glad  to  see  any  of  the  company  at  any 
time — also  the  editor.  We  can  pretty  nearly  take  care  of  a 
whole  company  there. 

"My  young  hopeful  went  with  the  ambulance  boys  of  the 
349th  and  while  they  spent  a  year  at  Camp  Dodge  and  another 
year  in  France,  when  they  came  back  and  I  let  them  have  the 
place  for  a  couple  of  weeks,  I  decided  I'd  keep  it  for  myself 
a  while.  Such  a  spoiled  lot  of  boys  I  never  came  across. 
They  would  roll  the  rugs  and  dance  and  I  think  have  a  house 
party  ALL  THE  TIME.  There  were  123  in  the  bunch  and 
just  one  of  the  boys  died  in  France  so  they  hardly  realized 
what  an  awful  thing  the  war  was  and  all  they  thought  was 
"You  owe  us  a  good  time."  They  sure  had  it.  I  was  awfully 
thankful  the  house  was  left  standing.  Since  then  have  had 
a  lot  of  the  boys  there  and  they  call  it  home.  It  is  20  rooms 
right  at  the  mouth  of  both  the  North  and  South  Cheyenne 
Canon,  close  to  the  foot  of  the  famous  Seven  Falls,  the  pret- 
tiest grounds  anywhere,  just  around  the  corner  from  the 
Broadmoor  which  is  one  of  the  largest  hotels  in  the  U.  S.,  a 
summer  resort.  I  have  11  cottages  on  the  ground.  Have  a 
young  sister  and  niece  and  with  my  son  to  help  entertain  (he 
sure  can  do  that)  you  would  enjoy  a  trip  the  best  in  the  world. 

"You  may  pass  the  word  that  a  soldier  boy  can  always 
find  a  good  square  meal  at  'Dixie  Land'  (no  change;  we  do 
not  keep  boarders)  and  they  are  always  welcome. 

"By  the  way  I  thought  when  the  boys  came  home  they 
would  want  to  be  quiet  and  read,  etc.,  so  I  moved  my  whole 
library  there,  some  3,000  books,  including  all  the  books  of  the 
past  year  or  two,  but  I  guess  maybe  the  doors  were  hard  to 
open  as  the  boys  didn't  read  any  of  them." 


The  Orderly's  Repartee 

This  actually  happened  at  Gondrecourt : 

Private  Crockett,  Hq.  Troop  was  on  duty  as  orderly  to  the 
general  during  the  day.  The  general's  car  drove  up  in  front 
of  Headquarters. 

Crockett  went  into  the  commander's  office,  stepped  before 
the  general,  came  to  attention,   saluted  and  said : 

"Sir,  the  general's  car  awaits  without." 

The  general  look  up. 

"Without  what?" 

"Without  the  general,  sir." 

Leslie  T.  McKay,  Grand  Forks,  N.  D. 


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Persoxal  Narratives 


Red  Cross  Nurse  Lost  in 
Dugout 

I  was  a  member  of  Co.  I,  349th  Inf.,  under  Captain  Brear- 
ton.  We  had  a  fine  bunch  of  boys  and  our  captain  was  liked 
by  all  of  us.  Soon  after  joining  this  company  at  Des  Moines, 
Camp  Dodge,  I  belonged  to  the  buglers  of  Co.  I.  Later  on  in 
France,  in  service  at  the  front,  I  had  a  position  of  signaling. 
Then  after  the  armistice  was  signed  wc  were  located  at  Ref- 
froy  (Meuse),  France,  where  I  was  transferred  to  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  Hdqrs.  at  Gondrecourt,  doing  driving  duty,  and  the 
following  happened  during  a  tour  through  the  battlefields. 

With  Mr.  R.  F.  Williams,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  secretary,  V.  R. 
Daily  and  George  Kenedy  on  duty  at  the  "Y",  George  Miller, 
cook  of  Supply  Train  and  Guy  B.  Hainke,  driver,  we  took 
a  tour  in  April,  1919,  through  the  battlefields,  taking  the 
road  from  St.  Mihiel  through  Verdun  on  down  the  Argonne 
forest.  This  being  a  three-day  trip,  gave  us  plenty  of  time 
to  wander  around  the  different  cities  and  fields. 

The  Second  Day : 

Being  lost  isn't  any  fun,  especially  down  in  the  third  base- 
ment of  a  German  dugout  where  the  darkness  is  so  thick 
you  can  almost  cut  it  with  a  knife,  with  barely  enough  candle 
to  last  a  few  hours  and  the  water  drizzling  down  the  walls 
to  put  your  light  out,  with  mud  and  water  on  the  floor,  and 
many  things  which  had  been  abandoned  lying  around  to  make 
you  lose  your  footing  and  fall. 

This  is  the  story  of  a  Red  Cross  nurse  who  got  lost  from 
her  party  in  a  tunnel  three-quarters  of  a  mile  long  and  wide 
enough  for  a  squad  of  men  to  march  through  abreast.  Tun- 
nels lead  in  all  directions  from  this  main  drag  up  at  Dead 
Man's  Hill,  No.  295. 

She  was  with  a  party  of  ten  other  nurses  and  a  guide, 
when  she  stopped  to  put  on  her  rubber,  which  had  come  off 
in  the  mud.  The  .party  did  not  notice  that  she  had  stopped 
and  continued  on  the  tour.  When  she  again  looked  up  the 
party  had  disappeared  and  she  was  left  alone.  With  no  sense 
of  direction  she  plunged  on  with  only  a  small  piece  of  candle 
to  light  her  way.     Becoming  exhausted  she  stopped,  listening. 

George  Mills  and  myself  threw  a  stone  down  a  vent 
hole,  not  knowing,  at  the  time,  that  this  hole  led  down  that 
tunnel.  As  the  rock  fell  through  the  hole  it  happened  to 
drop  next  to  her  in  the  tunnel,  this  being  150  feet  beneath  us. 
George  and  I  were  patiently  waiting  for  that  stone  to  light. 

We  heard  a  voice.  I  looked  at  George  and  said,  "Did  you 
hear   that?" 

George  said,  "What?" 

"Why,  that  voice." 

Again  it  came,  "Don't  do  that !" 

We  asked  her  who  she  was  and  where  she  was.  Finally 
upon  reaching  the  opening  of  the  tunnel  we  slowly  followed 
it  until  we  found  her,  scared  to  death  and  all  full  of  mud. 
She  was  ,as  white  as  a  sheet  when  -we  had  carried  her  out 
to  the  fresh  air  again.  She  was  taken  away  from  the  dugout 
and  the  rest  of  her  party  were  soon  located. 

Oh,  You  Nurse!— Guy  B.  Hainke,  Otis,  Kans. 


Rats,  Airplanes,  W  Everything 

I  was  on  the  Alsace  front  13  days  and  it  seemed  13  years 
before  I  got  out  of  there.  They  sent  over  some  shells  the 
last  night  and  I  thought  I  was  never  going  to  get  out,  but 
I  never  saw  anything  only  rats  and  they  scared  me  to  death 
and  the  airplanes  would  keep  mc  dying  all  the  time,  and  the 
lieutenant  and  captain. 

The  first  night  wc  scared  about  18  Germans  so  they  never 
bothered  us  any  more.  Then  we  moved  up  around  Toul. 
We  were  getting  ready  to  go  into  action  but  it  stopped  and 
I  sure  was  glad  of  it.  I  don't  think  there  was  a  sober  man 
around. 

We  went  from  there  to  Rcffroy.  We  stayed  there  about 
five  months,  and  then  I  went  to  the  hospital.  I  was  in  there 
17  days  with  the  mumps  and  I  thought  I  was  never  going  to 
get  home,  but  the  88th  is  ALL  RIGHT.— Walter  McGhee, 
Cn  T.  ;uotv;  T,,f    rr,ir>tnf.  <;  n 


"The  Battle  with  the  Cooties" 

While  fighting  with  the  Boche,  in  a  front  line  trench  with 
a  bunch  of  our  boys  and  a  bunch  of  the  French.  We  had 
taken  the  mumps  and  became  quite  alarmed,  arid  had  also 
slight  itchings  under  our  arms.  We  were  sent  to  the  Infirmary 
and  back  of  the  ditch.  The  doctor  said  we  had  both  mumps 
and  the  itch.  We  spent  a  week  in  the  hospital  back  of  the 
line  and  we  started  to  look  to  see  what  we  could  find.  We 
pulled  off  our  shirts  to  see  what  we  could  see  and  we  found 
a  little  bug  about  as  big  as  a  flea.  The  French  were  acquaint- 
ed with  a  bug  of  this  kind  so  they  sprayed  us  with  some- 
thing,— it  must  have  been  lime,  for  the  way  it  did  burn  me  I 
thought  I  would  die.  If  someone  had  told  me  I  would  have 
called  it  a  lie.  So  wo  called  on  the  doctor  and  called  on  the 
nurse,  but  day  by  day  the  cooties  got  worse. 

We  were  finally  transferred  to  an  American  camp,  but  we 
couldn't  rest  a  minute  for  the  miserable  scamps.  We  reported 
to  the  nurse  what  we  found  in  our  clothes,  we  were  filled 
with  the  graybacks  from  our  heads  to  our  toes.  So  they  called 
in  the  captain  to  join  in  the  fun,  and  he  couldn't  believe  it 
till  we  showed  him  one. 

He  took  us  to  the  Cootie  Ward,  away  from  the  rest,  and 
he  brought  us  in  a  gas  tank  and  told  us  to  undress.  We  wash- 
ed in  gasoline  and  chloride  of  lime.  We  lost  all  the  cooties — 
and  part  of  our  hide !  It  made  me  dance  round  for  an  hour 
or  so.  If  you  never  get  the  cooties  you  never  will  know  how 
the  little  devils  bite  you  when  you  try  to  sleep.  As  soon  as 
you  lay  down,  then  they  start  to  creep.  So  we  pulled  off  our 
nightclothes  and  threw  them  outside  and  we  had  nothing  left 
on  in  which  cooties  could  hide.  The  next  day  we  were 
equipped  with  a  new  suit  of  clothes  so  we  pulled  off  our  old 
ones  and  threw  them  outdoors. 

Now  we  are  resting  more  easy,  this  little  cootie  bunch, 
but  somehow  or  other  I  have  a  hunch  that  the  war  is  about 
over  and  the  graybacks  all  done,  the  battle's  about  finished 
with  both  cooties  and  Huns.  We  are  going  home  soon  and 
that  you  can  bet,  but  the  battle  with  the  cooties  I  shall  never 
forget.- — Charles  S.  Kersting,  Gilmore,  Mo. 


Souvenir  from  Lamalou 

At  the  time  of  the  first  furlough  granted  to  men  of  the 
88th  Div.,  Pvt.  William  Clausen,  Co.  A,  352d  Inf.,  now  of 
Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  was  granted  one  of  the  furloughs  which 
resulted  in  his  being  able,  and  also  enabled  myself  and  one 
of  his  corporals,  to  bring  back  a  rare  souvenir  of  France. 
This  was  in  the  form  of  a  ribbon  for  each  man,  which  was 
supposed  to  have  been  worn  by  one  of  Christ's  disciples  on 
one  of  their  journeys  through  from  Bordeaux  to  the  Holy 
Land,  and  taken  from  an  old,  old  chapel  near  Lamalou-les- 
Bains,  at  which  place  Mary  and  Martha  were  supposed  to 
have  worshipped  on  one  of  their  journeys  between  the  two 
places.  Whether  or  not  this  part  of  the  story  be  true,  will, 
perhaps  be  doubtful  to  most  readers,  unless  they  happen  to 
be  students  of  the  Bible  and  Bible  days,  and  know  beyond  a 
doubt  the  exact  truth  of  the  matter. 

Private  Clausen  and  the  corporal  met  in  Lamalou-ks- 
Bains  an  old  Catholic  priest  who  had  gone  to  France  for  his 
health  from  New  York  State,  and  as  the  soldiers  on  furlough 
there  at  that  time  were  the  first  American  solders  to  visit  that 
part  of  France,  the  priest,  who  was  then  caretaker  of  the 
chapel,  took  it  upon  himself  to  let  the  two  boys  enter  the 
chapel,  as  there  were  only  the  two  of  them  with  him  at  that 
time.  He  stated  at  the  time  that  no  other  Americans  had  en- 
tered this  chapel  in  the  memory  of  the  oldest  inhabitants  of 
Lamalou,  and  the  boys  were  only  allowed  to  do  so  out  of  re- 
spect for  the  services  they  were  rendering  France.  This,  it- 
self, is  a  souvenir  in  the  minds  of  the  two  boys,  and  one  which 
they  will  always  remember  with  respect  to  their  benefactor,  the 
priest. 

It  was  upon  their  return  from  Lamalou  that  Mr.  Clausen 
discovered  he  had  two  of  these  ribbons,  and  presented  me  with 
one,  out  of  respect  for  our  friendship  prior  to  army  days. — 
John  A.  Smith,  West  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  Co.  A,  352d  Inf.,  for- 

mrrlv  with    Ratt     V).    147th   F     A. 


Personal  Narratives 


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Doughboys  on  Leave  to  Alps 

The  latter  part  of  February,  1919,  a  bunch  of  us  put  in 
for  a  pass  which  was  granted  us  on  February  26.  We  were 
billeted  in  Gondrecourt  and  were  supposed  to  report  at  the 
railhead  at  8  P.  M.  as  we  were  to  be  checked  in  and  issued 
traveling  rations  before  the  arrival  of  the  train  which  was 
to  appear  at  10  P.  M.  Sergeant  Grande  had  charge  of  the 
bunch.  He  got  us  checked  in  and  then  obtained  our  issue  of 
traveling  rations,  "gold-fish,"  "bully  beef,"  "beans,"  "hard 
tack"  and  some  bread.  We  put  it  all  into  a  burlap  bag  and 
were  all  set  at  9  P.  M.  Then  it  began  to  rain.  Our  guard- 
house, however,  was  only  about  a  block  or  so  away  so  we 
sought  shelter  therein.  We,  of  course  packed  our  rations 
along.  About  10  o'clock  a  train  pulled  in.  Grabbing  our 
rations  we  made  a  beeline  for  the  depot  where  the  train  was 
reported  two  hours  late.  So  back  we  went,  rations  and  all. 
Finally  at  1 :30  A.  M.,  our  train  did  come.  We  all  piled  on 
and  in  about  an  hour  were  off. 

The  next  day  at  noon  we  got  to  Is-sur-Tille  and  were 
ordered  out.  We  began  to  wonder  what  was  up.  Soon  we 
found  out.  We  were  assigned  to  billets  and  awaited  further 
orders.  A  "shavetail"  came  in  and  cried,  "Everybody  out- 
side with  soap  and  towels  and  all  your  clothing  except 
blankets."  Quick  as  lightning  came  the  thought  that  we  were 
to  be  put  through  the  delouser.  And  sure  enough,  such  was 
the  case.  The  bath  was  fine,  but  our  clothes — creases? 
Man,  you  couldn't  begin  to  count  them !  And  then  came  the 
thought  that  we  were  going  on  pass  and  wanted  to  make 
a  hit  with  some  demoiselle.  Luckily  the  French  girls  weren't 
particular.  Just  so  you  were  a  "Soldat  Americain"  and  had 
"beaucoup  francs,"  you  were  "tres  bien." 

We  left  Is-sur-Tille  next  day  at  4  P.  M.  and  the  morning 
of  March  1  found  us  on  a  side  track  at  Aix-les-Bains.  Look- 
ing out  of  the  window  we  saw  several  cafes,  and  Private 
Hammers  and  myself  went  out  on  an  expedition.  Crossing 
a  picket  fence  we  got  into  a  neat  cafe.  After  having  a 
few  shots  of  cognac  a  piece  we  went  back  and  I  tore  a  big 
hole  in  my  brand-new  leggings  crossing  that  darn  picket 
fence.  But  that  made  no  difference,!  just  wrapped  it  upside 
down  and  it  was  "bon"  again.  We  left  about  7  :30  and  got 
.to  St.  Jarvais,  our  destination,  on  the  evening  of  the  same 
day.  On  getting  out  of  the  train  all  we  could  see  were  moun- 
tains.   "Some  leave  area !"  was  our  comment. 

We  were  assigned  to  Mont  Joly  Palace,  a  modern  hotel 
in  all  respects.  That  night  we  slept  in  an  "honest-to-God" 
bed  for  the  first  time  since  we  had  left  home  in  the  good  old 
U.  S.  A.  Next  day  was  Sunday.  There  wasn't  much  doing. 
Monday  morning,  however,  we  got  up  before  breakfast  in 
order  to  catch  the  morning  train  for  Chamonix.  At  the 
y.  M.  C.  A.  there  we  found  out  about  a  trip  up  one  mountain 
which  took  an  hour  and  a  half  up  and  ten  minutes  down. 
So  Sergeant  Wolf,  Private  Silva  and  myself  decided  on  the 
trip,  while  Sergeant  Grande  and  Private  Hammers  and  also 
Private  Stevenson  went  to  see  some  mademoisells(  ?) 

But  I  am  getting  away  from  the  subject  of  climbing 
mountains.  We  had  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  man  for  a  guide,  and 
together  with  about  IS  other  boys  and  one  "Y"  girl,  we 
started  out.  After  an  hour  and  45  minutes'  continuous  climb 
we  reached  a  house  halfway  up  the  mountain  where  we 
rested.  The  large  hotels  of  Chamonix  down  below  looked 
like  cigar  boxes.  After  ten  minutes'  rest  we  started  back. 
Coming  to  a  ravine  our  guide  all  at  once  said  "Follow  me," 
and  sitting  down  on  the  snow,  which  was  plentiful,  started 
down  the  hilj. 

We  watched  him  for  awhile.  Finally  I  said,  "My  O.  D's. 
are  just  as  good  as  his,"  and  followed  him  down.  Talk  about 
sp£ed !  Soon  I  heard  someone  screaming.  Setting  my  brakes 
(elbows)  into  the  snow,  I  looked  around  and  there  I  saw 
the  rest  coming  down  with  lightning  speed,  the  "Y"  girl  in 
the  lead.  Loosening  my  brakes  I  was  off  and  got  to  the  foot 
of  the  mountain  in  about  eight  minutes.  Wet  pants?  Oh, 
Boy!  they  sure  were!  It  reminded  me  of  my  kid  days,  sliding 
the  cellar  door.  Adjusting  our  clothing,  we  went  back  to 
Chamonix,  and  boarding  a  train  got  back  home  just  In  time 
for  supper.  The  rest  of  the  week  was  spent  in  different 
hikes  and  roaming  through  the  mountains,  of  which  Private 


Silva  and  myself  did  the  most.  We  surely  saw  some  interest- 
ing sights. 

Leaving  St.  Jarvais  the  following  Saturday,  we  started 
back  home  and  arrived  at  Is-sur-Tille  Sunday  noon.  Stopping 
over  night  we  started  out  Monday  at  9  P.  M.  and  Tuesday's 
dawn  found  us  at  Gondrecourt,  where  we  reported  to  the 
top  sergeant  and  again  became  active  members  of  Co.  B. 

That  same  night  our  Co.  clerk,  Sergeant  Gordon,  had 
us  all  on  guard  and  K.  P. — John  T.  Kupka,  Ft.  Atkinson,  la. 
Co.  B,  337th  M.  G.  Bn. 


Laughs  in  Two  Spasms 

FIRST  SPASM— When  marching  from  the  Alsace-Lor- 
aine  front  we  did  not  know  where  we  were  going.  A  scout 
by  the  name  of  Andrew  Kelly  who  was  always  harping  on 
going  home  made  the  remark,  "Well,  boys,  we  are  marching 
in  the  direction  of  the  coast.     We  are  going  home !" 

A  sniper  by  the  nickname  of  Long  John  Tennessee  spoke 
up  and  said,  "Yes,  Kelly,  we  are  going  home  but  it  will  be 
the  roughest — home  you  ever  went  to !" 

SECOND  SPASM:  While  on  the  Alsace  front  there 
were  four  members  of  the  350th  Inf.  Scouts  billeted  in  a 
dugout.  A  new  man  by  the  name  of  Corporal  Sanders  had 
just  joined  our  group.  The  first  night  of  sleeping  in  the 
dugout  Ave  four  went  to  bed  early,  all  broke,  so  we  could 
not  pass  the  time  away  drinking  vin  rouge.  About  10  o'clock 
Corporal  Sanders  fell  asleep  and  the  three  of  us  were  still 
awake.  Seeing  that  he  was  asleep  we  started  to  have  some 
fun.  Pvt.  Andrew  Kelly,  putting  his  hands  over  his  mouth, 
yelled  to  me,  "Have  you  got  your  mask  on,  Grace?" 

I  answered  as  loudly  as  my  lungs  would  permit,  "Yes, 
have  all  the  other  boys?" 

Over  in  the  corner  where  Corporal  Sanders  slept  there 
was  a  noise  just  about  as  loud  as  if  a  big  shell  had  hit  the 
side  of  the  dugout.  It  was  Sanders  falling  over  a  table  try- 
ing to  get  his  gas  mask  on.  When  we  thought  he  had  it  about 
on  Kelly  took  his  hands  away  from  his  mouth  and  asked 
Sanders  what  the  matter  was.  After  he  told  us  what  he 
thought  of  us,  which  would  not  look  good  in  print,  he  told 
us  how  he  felt  when  he  woke  up  and  heard  us  talking  in 
what  he  thought  was  our  gas  masks.  He  said  to  himself. 
"It  is  all  off  with  me,  but  I  will  try  to  get  it  on.  It  might 
not  be  too  late  yet !" — William  F.  Grace,  Kings#  111.,  Ogle  Co. 


Get  Scare  and  Muddy  Feet 

On  the  evening  of  Oct.  12,  1918,  the  second  platoon  of  B 
company  313  Engineers,  of  which  I  was  one,  had  been  sitting 
in  our  barn  talking  about  the  war.  Both  Corporals  Sittner 
and  Patterson  had  crawled  up  on  the  hay  and  retired  early 
and  old  Dad  Tolles  was  gas  sentry  when  all  at  once  about 
8  o'clock  the  Germans  put  over  a  barrage,  as  our  350th  Inf. 
were  just  going  into  the  trenches  to  relieve  the  French  and 
we  were  backed  by  French  artillery.  This  happened  about 
three  miles  east  of  Fontaine  where  we  had  been  busy  build- 
ing dugouts  at  the  rail  head. 

We  all  went  outside  back  of  a  warehouse  and  were 
watching  the  big  guns  flash  except  the  two  who  had  retired 
early,  but  the  awful  noise  woke  them  and  they  called  down 
to  the  gas  sentry  and  asked  what  had  happened  and  where 
all  the  men  were.  He  told  them  they  had  beat  it  for  a  dug- 
out as  it  was  awfully  dangerous  in  the  barn,  so  they  grabbed 
up  their  clothes,  having  only  their  shoes  on,  and  ran.  There 
was  about  four  to  six  inches  of  soft  mud  and  water  in  there, 
but  that  did  not  make  any  difference  to  them ;  all  they  want- 
ed was  to  get  with  the  bunch  to  a  place  of  safety.  After 
the}'  had  stood  in  there  awhile  and  could  hear  the  men  a 
short  distance  away  outside,  they  finally  came  to  where  we 
were  and  sure  had  an  awful  surprise  and  we  all  had  a 
long  hearty  laugh  for  some  time  after. — Edwin  A.  Goltz. 
Havana,  N.  D. 


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Personal  Narratives 


Kept  Their  Prisoner  All 
Night 

I  was  out  on  a  patrol  with  my  company  into  No  Man's 
Land  on  the  13th  of  October.  I  was  posted  out  there  with 
two  of  my  comrades  and  there  we  remained  until  daybreak. 
Everything  was  very  quiet  that  night,  but  the  next  morning 
about  daylight  we,  my  buddies  and  I,  captured  a  German  and 
kept  him  with  us.  We  were  stationed  about  100  yards  from 
the  German  lines  in  an  old  house  which  had  been  shelled  down 
to  the  ground.  There  were  some  big  weeds  in  there  and  we 
stayed  in  this  house  with  the  prisoner  we  had  captured. 

Not  long  after  daylight  a  battle  started  and  a  heavy  bom- 
bardment from  both  sides,  German  and  French,  began  popping 
all  around  us.  They  started  out  with  their  machine  guns, 
rifles  and  hand  grenades,  and  there  were  several  Germans 
killed.  One  of  the  men  of  our  company  was  wounded  and 
captured  and  the  company  driven  out  by  the  Germans  after  a 
little  fight.  My  men  and  I  were  cut  off  from  retreat  and  re- 
mained hidden  in  these  weeds  till  10  o'clock  on  the  14th  of 
October,  and  at  that  time  we  made  a  start  to  get  back  to  our 
dugouts. 

We  took  our  prisoner  and  started  out  and  went  along  all 
right,  but  we  sure  were  shot  at.  The  shots  fell  all  around  us 
but  we  said  we  were  going,  and  we  did  go.  They  shot  at  us 
with  machine  guns  but  we  got  with  our  man  in  our  own 
trenches  at  10:30  the  night  of  October  14th.— Louis  R.  Eads, 
Co.  D,  350th  Inf.,  Vienna,  Mo.  R.  1,  Box  15^.— Division  Cita- 
tion. 


Sergeant  Is  There  with  Retort 

On  one  of  those  cold,  sleety,  February  days  in  the  Valley 
of  the  Ornain,  Department  of  Meuse,  when  the  351st  Infan- 
try was  marching  to  an  imaginary  engagement  with  an  imag- 
inary enemy  at  the  behest  of  someone  higher  up  that  "didn't 
know  the  war  was  over,"  the  column  had  come  to  a  halt,  prob- 
ably waiting  for  some  of  the  "higher  up"  umpires  to  roll  up 
in  their  limousines  after  a  long  night's  sleep  and  a  tardy  8  :30 
breakfast. 

Everybody  was  feeling  as  ugly  as  only  such  circumstances 
can  make  one  feel  and  when  the  column  started  forward,  old 
Captain  Church  who  was  acting  as  regimental  liaison  officer 
and  in  command  of  the  regimental  headquarters  detachment, 
called  back  to  Sgt.  Ray  Cardon  in  charge  of  the  regimental 
intelligence  section :  "Where  in  hell's  that  damned  intelligence 
section?" 

Now  Sergeant  Cardon  had  a  few  ideas  of  his  own  regard- 
ing the  relative  importance  and  worth  of  the  liaison  group 
and  the  intelligence  section  and  he  stepped  out  of  the"  column, 
stood  at  an  alert  attention,  saluted  Captain  Church,  and  hol- 
lered, so  it  could  be  heard  up  and  down  the  column  for  200 
yards,  "Right  behind  the— damned  liaison  group,  sir.'' 

Captain  Church  was  about  as  hard-boiled  as  they  make 
'em  and  I  expected  to  see  some  fireworks,  but  in  passing  him 
a  second  later,  he  was  laughing  to  himself  and  said  "Carp, 
that  man  Cardon's  a  damned  good  man,  aint  he?"  And  he 
was ;  they're  both  d— d  good  men.— H.  G.  Carpenter,  Captain, 
Hq.  351st  Inf.,  Fargo,  N.  D. 


350th  Band  Praised 

The  Division  bulletin  of  Feb.  25,  1919,  devoted  a  para- 
graph to  praise  of  the  350th  Inf.  Band,  which  read: 

"The  work  of  the  350th  Inf.  Band  while  on  duty  at  Nice 
under  Lieutenant  McDermott  and  Sergeant  Olsen,  was  appre- 
ciated to  such  an  extent  that  several  letters  have  been  received 
by  the  Division  commander  setting  forth  the  praises  of  the 
band  as  a  musical  organization  and  because  of  the  soldierly 
bearing  of  the  members  thereof.  An  extract  from  the  letter 
of  a  senior  officer  on  duty  in  the  Nice  leave  area  is  given  be- 
low : 

"  'THE  DEPORTMENT  OF  THE  MEN  WHILE  HERE 
HAS  DONE  CREDIT  TO  THE  ORGANIZATION  TO 
WHICH  THEY  BELONG ;  AND  IF  THE  OTHER  MEM- 
BERS OF  YOUR  COMMAND  ARE  OF  A  TYPE  SIMILAR 
TO  THE  REPRESENTATIVES  THAT  WE  HAVE  HAD 
HERE,  YOU  ARE  TO  BE  CONGRATULATED  UPON 
THE  SPLENDID  BODY  OF  MEN  YOU  COMMAND.'" 


"Keep  on  Moving" 

(Inspired  and  Composed  Aboard  U.  S.  S.  Pocahontas) 
1. 
Keep  on  moving  !    Keep  on  moving ! 

Don't  you  know  you  can't  stand  there? 
'Tis  the  message  that  they  gave  us 
At  the  gang-plank :    St.  Nazairc. 
2. 
And  those  words  are  oft  repeated, 

Passing  on  from  lip  to  lip; 
Everywhere  we  pause  or  loiter 

There's  a  guard  to  give  the  t;p. 
3. 
"Keep  on  moving!''  shouts  a  louey, 

As  we  slowly  mount  the  stair 
With  slum  dripping  from  our  messkits ; 
A  "southwester"  on  the  rare. 
4. 
Step  by  step  we  labor  onward, 

Up  that  steep  and  slippery  stair ; 
At  the  top  we  pause  a  moment, 
But  another  guard  is  there. 

5- 
You  can't  stand  here !  and,  You  can't  stand  there ! 

Keep  on  moving  just  as  far  as  you  can  go. 
Will  three  times  around  the  vessel  be  enough? 

I'd  like  to  know. 

6. 
So  we  start  on,  moving  slowly, 

Down  the  crowded  passage-way. 
All  the  while  we're  searching  vainly 

For  a  vacant  place  to  stay. 
7. 
"Move  along !    You  bloomin'  heathen." 

Quickly  shouts  a  doughboy  when 
His  messkit  has  been  invaded 

By  a  hobnail,  number  ten. 
8. 
Keep  oi.  moving !    Keep  on  moving ! 

And  our  stomachs  take  the  hint, 
And  we  strive  to  reach  the  railing; 

Lean  far  out  in  mad  torment. 
9. 
"Keep  on  moving."     The  echoes  mock  us 

As  we  stand  beside  the  rail, 
Thinking  that  at  the  next  effort 

We'll  lose  our  stomach  without  fail. 
10. 
But  we  have  the  consolation 

That  ere  long  we'll  reach  the  shore. 
We'll  leave  the  gang-plank  with  its  farewell, 

Move  on.     Move  on.     Move  some  more ! 
Clarence  J.  Feemster,  Co.   M,  352d  Inf.,  Fulton,  Kans.,  R.  3. 


Co.  L.,  350th,  Buddy  Is  "Disappointed" 

The  morning  of  Oct.  18,  or  about  that  date,  was  a  damp 
and  foggy  one  and  was  a  very  delightful  time  for  Jerry  to 
put  over  a  few  bombs  composed  mostly  of  gas.  I  had  just 
entered  the  lines  in  Alsace,  passing  through  a  little  village 
called  Bauschwiller  the  evening  before,  and  was  not  used  to 
much  excitement,  so  you  can  imagine  how  my  pulse  was  beat- 
ing. I  was  on  gas  guard  by  myself.  Jerry  shot  the  first  few 
high  and  dry  and  very  much  to  the  rear  of  our  trenches, 
but  when  he  did  level  down  the  boys  of  Co.  L  were  wish- 
ing they  were  back  in  their  happy  homes  across  the  sea. 

The  first  few  did  not  excite  me  very  much,  but  when  the 
grass  roots  and  tin  cans  began  to  sprinkle  me  I  became  very 
much  disappointed  with  my  situation.  Jerry  sent  a  bomb 
which  just  missed  my  ivory  dome  and  then  I  became  so  ex- 
cited that  I  jumped  to  one  side,  and  in  doing  so  I  stumbled 
and  fell,  losing  my  gun  and  helmet.  I  jumped  up  "toot  sweet'' 
and  had  my  gun  in  action  but  did  not  have  time  to  hunt  for 
my  helmet  till  some  of  the  excitement  was  over. 

In  a  few  days  our  company  was  relieved  and  we  marched 
back  for  a  few  days'  rest  to  prepare  for  the  lines  where  Jerry 
was  sending  his  bombs  more  freely  and  where  he  had  more 
excitement  for  the  Yanks. — Zehnder  Hicks,  Mulberry,  Kans. 


Personal  Narratives 


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Song  from  Treveray 


Treveray,  France,  March  31,  1919. 
When  the  call  to  arms  was  sounded  and  the  draft  laws  bid  us 

come, 
We  bid  farewell  to  civil  life  and  said  farewell  to  home. 
We  knew  not  where  we  were  going,  nor  what  we  had  to  face, 
We  were  freighted  around  in  box-cars,  we  were  shoved  from 

place  to  place. 

We  slep  in  lousy  billets,  we  stood  and  ate  in  the  rain, 
We  were  knee-deep  in  the  mud.    We  stood  all  kinds  of  pain. 
Sometimes  our  mess  was  slim,  sometimes  there  was  none  at  all. 
Sometimes  in  the  heat  of  battle  we  saw  our  buddies  fall. 

But  now  the  war  is  ended,  it  seems  too  good  to  be  true, 
The  folks  at  home  commence  to  know  what  the  soldiers  have 
gone  through. 

Our  commanders  who  are  in  Washington  running  the  U.  S.  A. 
Keep  us  in  their  memories  and  forget  not  our  payday. 
Forgive  us  if  we  outstay  our  pass  and  come  back  A.  W.  O.  L., 
Remember  we  are  the  A.  E.  F.  and  that  all  war  is  — ! 

Lead  us  not  into  the  kitchen  and  make  us  stand  K.  P., 

Help  us  to  forgive  all  mess  sergeants,  wherever  they  may  be. 

We  pray  you  to  forgive  our  manners,  at  that,  they  were  quite 

fair, 
Forget  that  we  were  S.  O.  L.,  and  forgive  us  if  we  swear. 

NO  BEER, 
NO  DRILLS, 
COMPRI  ? 
M.  P. 

From  Russell  Strand,  Leeds,  N.  D. 


A  "Letter  Home" 

(Letters  from  our  boys  to  the  home  folks  published  in  the 
local  papers  were  a  welcome  method  of  keeping  everyone  in- 
formed of  the  men's  life  in  France,  as  far  as  the  censorship 
would  permit.  Most  of  these  letters  were  notable  more  for 
what  they  omitted  than  for  what  they  told.  A  good  example 
of  these  overseas  missives  was  one  Machinist  Paul  W.  Ross, 
Co.  L,  350th  Inf.,  sent  to  his  parents  and  published  in  the  home 
town  paper,  dated  March  10,  1919.    It  follows:) 

As  I  have  an  awfully  sore  arm  today,  decided  to  drop  a 
few  lines  to  the  Democrat.  I  am  anxious  to  know  how  all 
the  boys  from  back  home  fared  in  this  war.  I  got  a  shot  in 
my  arm  yesterday  and  am  feeling  the  effects  of  it  today.  We 
think  they  are  fixing  us  up  in  good  shape  to  go  back  to  the 
good  old  U.  S.  A.,  although  we  were  informed  the  other  day 
we  would  not  sail  for  home  before  August.  That  is  the  offi- 
cial report.  That  is  a  long  time  to  wait.  Would  like  the  best 
in  the  world  to  place  my  foot  on  one  of  those  big  ocean  liners 
and  not  stop  until  we  reached  New  York.  We  have  quite  a 
lot  of  fun  at  times,  but  know  we  could  enjoy  it  so  much  bet- 
ter if  we  were  home.  I  have  never  been  sick  since  coming 
over  here  until  I  was  vaccinated  yesterday. 

I  was  sent  to  the  front  line  trenches  about  October  10  and 
remained  there  three  weeks.  Went  into  the  trenches'one  night 
about  6  o'clock  and  hardly  got  settled  before  Fritz  sent  over  a 
couple  of  shells  about  the  size  of  a  sugar  barrel  and  threw 
dirt  all  over  me.  I  thought  I  was  in  hades  for  a  minute,  but 
we  soon  got  used  to  this.  I  had  to  make  use  of  my  gas  mask 
ten  minutes  after  going  into  the  front  line  trenches.  Our 
trenches  were  only  about  200  yards  from  the  German  trenches. 
We  could  see  the  Huns  and  every  once  in  awhile  he  would 
get  a  little  too  far  from  his  dugout  and  some  Yank  would 
take  a  shot  at  him.  And  frequently  Fritz  would  never  be  able 
to  get  back  to  his  dugout  alive.  * 

I  became  lost  out  in  No  Man's  Land  one  night,  and  I 
sure  was  forced  to  lay  close  to  mother  earth  to  save  my  hide. 
I  thought  every  minute  I  would  be  bumped  off,  but  good  for- 
tune was  with  me  and  I  am  here  without  a  scratch. 

Trench  rats  seemed  as  big  as  calves.  One  got  in  bed  with 
me  one  night,  and  as  soon  as  I  discovered  what  it  was  he 
soon  had  the  bed  all  to  himself. 

As  it  is  mess  time  will  close  with  best  wishes  to  all  my 
friends. 


The  First  to  Reach  France 

The  first  men  in  the  uniform  of  the  American  army  to 
land  in  France  after  we  entered  the  war  were  members  of 
Base  Hospital  No.  4  which  assembled  at  Cleveland,  O.,  May 
S,  1917.  Twenty  days  before  landing  they  had  been  civilians, 
and  they  stepped  off  the  British  transport  Western  Australia 
at  Rouen,  100  miles  up  the  Seine  River  as  it  winds  from  the 
ocean,  where  Joan  of  Arc  was  burned  at  the  stake.  As  the 
ship  swung  up  to  the  stone  quay  on  the  north  bank  of  the 
river,  the  word  spread  among  the  crowds  at  the  tables  under 
the  trees  at  the  Cafe  Victor  Hugo  that  "the  Americans  had 
come."    These  were  the  first  of  the  A.  E.  F. 

But  it  was  to  be  some  time  before  the  commander-in- 
chief  and  any  fighting  men  were  to  reach  a  "foreign  port." 
It  was  on  the  morning  of  Sunday,  June  8,  1917,  that  General 
Pershing  and  his  party  stepped  off  the  gangplank  of  the  Baltic 
at  Liverpool.  With  24  field  officers,  30  line  officers,  55  clerks, 
four  interpreters  and  67  enlisted  men.  Six  days  later  Paris 
went  riotously  mad  in  welcoming  them.  On  the  morning  of 
the  following  day,  back  in  the  North  River  at  home,  a  line 
of  transports  weighed  anchor  and  set  out  for  France  with  the 
first  contingent  of  troops  to  swell  the  handful  into  an  Army 
of  2,000,000  men. 

It  was  not  in  O.  D.  uniform,  but  in  civvies  that  the  first 
contingent  went  over.  The  submarine  was  then  at  the  height 
of  its  career,  and  through  the  danger  zone  everybody,  from 
the  Commander-in-Chief  to  the  most  newly  enlisted  buck,  wore 
civilian  clothes.  For  the  Baltic  was  a  passenger  liner,  and  the 
White  Star  officials  had  explained  that  the  presence  of  even 
one  man  in  uniform  was  interpreted  by  U-boat  commanders 
as  sufficient  excuse  for  shelling  lifeboats. 

The  Royal  Welsh  Fusiliers  were  drawn  up  on  the  pier  to 
greet  General  Pershing  and  his  party  and  a  special  train  was 
waiting  to  carry  them  to  London.  In  the  English  capital  the 
officers  were  quartered  at  the  Savoy  Hotel,  while  the  famous 
Tower  of  London,  where  the  little  Princes  were  murdered 
and  where  Anne  Boleyn  was  beheaded,  became  a  temporary 
barracks  for  the  enlisted  men. 

General  Pershing  called  on  King  George  on  the  next  day 
at  Buckingham  Palace.  "I  am  very  glad  to  welcome  you," 
said  the  British  monarch  to  the  American  soldier.  "It  has 
always  been  my  dream  that  some  day  the  two  English-speaking 
nations  should  fight  side  by  side  in  the  greatest  cause  that  any 
nation  could  fight  for — civilization." 

The  few  days  in  London  were  filled  with  dinners  and  re- 
ceptions, but  there  was  no  organized  demonstration,  and  it 
remained  for  Paris  to  show  with  what  enthusiasm  the  new 
Allies  could  be  welcomed.  No  preparations  had  been  made, 
but  when  the  Paris  noon-day  papers  on  June  13  blazoned  the 
news  that  the  Americans  were  due  to  arrive  in  a  few  hours, 
a  crowd  that  made  traffic  impossible  packed  the  streets  out- 
side of  the  Gare  du  Nord. 

As  General  Pershing  stepped  off  the  train  he  was  greeted 
by  Marshal  Joffre,  a  company  of  French  poilus  presented 
arms,  and  the  Garde  Republicaine  band  broke  into  the  strains 
of  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner." 

From  there  through  the  boulevards  to  the  Place  de  la 
Concorde  it  was  a  triumphal  procession.  The  welcome  was 
stupendous.  The  French  authorities  expressed  their  regret 
that  word  had  not  been  sent  in  advance  so  that  they  might 
have  tendered  a  fitting  reception,  but  it  is  difficult  to  see  how 
grants  of  money  and  weeks  of  preparation  could  have  evoked 
a  more  soul-filling  spectacle. 

There  were  no  brass  bands  or  martial  glory  to  accompany 
the  departure  of  General  Pershing  and  his  staff  from  "an  At- 
lantic port"  on  May  28,  1917.  But  exactly  one  year  afterward, 
on  May  28,  1918,  the  Americans,  making  their  first  attack  in 
force,  showed  the  world  what  the  A.  E.  F.  had  grown  to  and 
what  it  was  capable  of  by  taking  Cantigny.  And  two  years 
afterward,  on  May  28,  1919,  the  war  was  won  and  more  than 
half  the  A.  E.  F.  was  back  home  and  in  civvies  again. 

The  first  contingent  of  fighting  troops  arrived  in  France 
June  26,  1917,  under  Maj.  Gen.  W.  L.  Sibert.  The  second 
contingent  landed  July  27.  The  42d  (Rainbow)  Div.,  contain- 
ing National  Guardsmen  from  every  state,  and  many  officers 


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Personal  Narratives 


at   first  assigned  to   the  88th    Div.,   reached   France   Nov.  30 
1917. 

American  troops  fired  their  first  shot  of  the  war  in  trench 
fighting  Oct.  27,  1917,  when  artillerymen  sent  over  a  French 
"75"  at  500  yards.  The  shell  case  was  preserved  to  be  given 
President  Wilson.  The  first  American  to  be  wounded  after 
part  of  General  Sibert's  party  entered  the  trenches  was  1st 
Lt.  De  Vere  H.  Harden,  whose  leg  was  hit  by  shrapnel  Oct. 
28,  1917.  On  Nov.  3  the  first  fatal  casualties  occurred  when  a 
small  detachment  of  infantrymen  was  attacked  by  superior 
German  forces  and  cut  off  by  a  heavy  barrage.  The  fighting 
was  hand  to  hand  and  three  Americans  were  killed,  five 
wounded,  and  a  sergeant,  a  corporal  and  10  privates  taken 
prisoners.  Two  Frenchmen  were  killed.  The  American  dead 
were  Corp.  James  B.  Gresham,  Evansville.  lnd.,  Pvt.  Thomas 
F.  Enright,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  Pvt.  Merle  D.  Hay,  Glid- 
den,  la. 


French  vs.  American  Girls 

It  might  be  of  interest  to  American  women  to  know  what 
their  American  men  think  of  them  in  comparison  with  the 
French.  It  was  a  peculiar  thing,  perhaps,  but  in  conversation 
carried  on  for  any  length  of  time  the  subject  was  sure  to 
turn  to  that  topic  over  there.  The  French  women  did  not  be- 
lieve that  the  specimens  of  femininity  among  welfare  workers 
were  representative  American  girls,  and  they  always  asked  what 
our  girls  were  like.  This  is  a  symposium  of  comparisons 
gathered  at  second  hand : 

American  girls  cannot  or  do  not  want  to  cook  or  do 
other  housework  as  French  girls  learn  to  do. 

American  girls  do  not  know  how  to  dress  becomingly. 
American  girls  cannot  make  their  own  hats  or  dresses, 
or  sew  or  knit  laces. 

American  girls  are  lazy,  expensive,  and  unappreciative 
of  money  spent  on  them. 

,  American  girls  waste  most  of  their  time;  they  dis- 
dain to  work  with  their  hands,  or  learn  to  do  anything 
useful. 

These  observations  are  bona  fide  and  are  supposed  to  be 
the  opposite  of  the  French  girl. 

Outside  of  these  few  indictments  the  American  boys  must 
have  thought  their  home  girls  about  all  right,  for  of  the  2,- 
100,000  of  them  who  went  abroad  in  the  army  only  3,600 
brought  back  "war  brides."  Of  these  three-fifths  were  French, 
one-fifth  English  and  the  other  50  scattered  among  21  other 
nationalities.     They  ranged  from  15  to  55  years  in  ages. 


The  Army  Alphabet 

A  is  for  the  Army  of  Uncle  Sam. 

B  is  for  the  Bugle,  prefixed  with  a  damn. 

C  is  for  Cootie,  the  doughboys'  pet. 

D  is  for  Detail,  always  for  let. 

E  is  for  Efficiency  in  using  the  broom. 

F  is  for  Filth,  to  which  our  arrival  meant  doom. 

G  is  for  Gun,  which  should  always  shine. 

H  is  for  Hardtack  on  which  soldiers  dine. 

I  is  for  Inspection ;    'tis  well  to  prepare. 

J  is  for  Java,  on  the  "Bill  of  Fare." 

K  is  for  K.  P.;    in  the  kitchen  he's  found. 

L  is  for  Louey  who  hikes  us  around. 

M  is  for  Mule  whose  burdens  we  bore. 

N  is  for  Non  com  who  learns  army  lore. 

O  is  for  Orders ;    obey  them  you  must. 

P  is  for  Pack  to  carry  or  bust. 

Q  is  for  the  Quality  of  rice  served  to  us. 

R  is  for  Rice  which  made  doughboys  cuss. 

S  is  for  Soup,  branded  "Turtle"  and  "Ox-tail." 

T  is  for  the  long,  dark,  dreary  Trail. 

U  is  for  Uniform  which  must  be  O.  D. 

V  is  for  Vin  blanc  when  out  on  a  spree. 

W  is  for  Whistle,  which  made  army  life  hum. 

Y  is  for  the  Y  man  who  handled  chocolate  and  gum. 
Z  is  for  Zoo,  which  billets  become 

When  francs  are  exchanged  for  wine,  beer  and  rum. 

— Clarence  J.  Feemster. 


Co.  A's  Barber  and  "Carrot  Soup" 

After  a  Sunday  dinner  of  carrot  soup,  etc.,  at  Naix, 
France,  up  came  Corporal  Keating  and  Wild  Bill  Thompson 
and  set  before  Corporal  Steckdaub's  sparkling  eyes  a  beautiful 
bottle  of  "conniac."  They  asked  him  to  sample  it.  He  did, 
and  they  told  him  that  if  they  had  money  they  could  get  more. 
Corporal  Steckdaub  was  "broke"  but  thought  of  his  broken- 
toothed  comb  and  clippers. 

He  stepped  into  the  street  and  began  to  yell,  "Shave  and 
a  hair  cut!  Bay-Rum!  Shave  and  a  hair  cut!  Bay-ay 
Ru-u-u-m  ! ! !"  Then  an  officer  came  by.  Steckdaub  snapped 
to  attention  quickly  and  saluted.  The  officer  said,  "Corporal, 
you  are  getting  pretty  noisy  for  Sunday,  aren't  you?"  The 
corporal  answered,  "Oh,  no,  sir ;  Just  my  way  of  advertising !" 
A  few  minutes  later  and  there  was  a  rushing  business. 

The  following  Saturday  Corporal  Steckdaub  wanted  to 
go  to  Treveray  to  get  some  shampoo  so  he  went  to  Lieutenant 
Musberger.  Standing  at  attention  and  with  a  snappy  salute 
the  corporal  said  "Lieutenant  Musberger,  may  I  go  to  Tre- 
veray to  get  some  shampoo?"  The  lieutenant  said,  "Which 
are  you  really  going  to  get,  champagne  or  shampoo?"  "Sham- 
poo, sir,"  answered  Steckdaub.    "You  may  go." — By  S. 


Getting  Pretty  Close 

The  second  night  out  on  No  Man's  Land  Corporal  Steck- 
daub and  Corporal  Keating  were  out  with  a  combat  patrol 
of  32  men.  After  prowling  over  No  Man's  Land  for  about 
four  hours,  framing  things  up  if  they  ran  on  to  the  Dutch, 
they  bumped  into  them.  The  men  were  ordered  into  a  forma- 
tion of  "Automatics  flank!"  This  was  done  splendidly  and 
quickly,  but  after  this  things  were  quiet  and  Steckdaub  got 
nervous  and  told  Keating  he  was  going  to  slide  over  into  the 
next  shell-hole  closer  to  the  German  trenches  and  see  how 
close  they  were.  Keating  said,  "Good  night,  Steck !  You  are 
getting  on  a  good  road  to  go  West !" 

Steckdaub  went  but  in  a  few  minutes  returned.  Keating 
said  in  a  weak  voice,  "What  did  you  see?  What  did  you  hear? 
How  close  are  we  to  them  ?" 

"We  are  so  close  to  them  that  I  could  smell  whiskey," 
answered  Corporal  Steckdaub. 

After  the  armistice  was  signed  the  company  was  out  in 
a  field  of  mud  for  drill.  It  was  raining  and  a  bad  day. 
Lieutenant  Patterson  told  Corporal  Steckdaub  to  take  his 
men  and  drill  them  in  the  school  of  the  soldier.  This  he 
did  and  was  going  good,  but  while  he  was  walking  backward, 
watching  his  men,  he  backed  into  some  barbed-wire  entangle- 
ments and  stuck  some  barbs.  This  made  him  mad.  His  men 
were  still  coming  on  and  getting  close.  He  couldn't  think  of 
the  command  "Squad  Right  About,"  so  he  yelled  "Squad 
round  about!     March!  !  I" 

Lieutenant  Gerstenkorn's  By- Words :  He  would  yell 
"Make  that  piece  riii</.'" 

When  he  asked  anyone  something  and  they  save  the  wrong 
answer  he  would  say,  "Like  hull  I" — By  S. 


Sought  Eats;  Got  Bath 

Here  is  a  pretty  good  story  about  a  buddie  named  Henry 
Hollander  of  St.  Louis.  He  was  in  Co.  E,  352d  Inf.  and  we 
had  just  got  through  making  about  25  kilos  and  stopped  to 
rest  over  night.  Just  as  soon  as  Hollander  got  his  pack  off 
bis  back,  he  started  to  make  for  the  kitchen  to  get  something 
to  eat.  He  thought  he  was  walking  toward  the  little  bridge, 
when  all  at  once  he  walked  into  the  creek  and  went  up  to 
his  neck  in  the  water. 

He  came  up  to  the  billet  with  the  water  dripping  off  him. 
You  know  we  could  not  help  laughing  at  him,  although  it 
surely  was  cold.  He  said,  "Pete,  don't  laugh  at  me,"  and  he 
said  it  just  like  a  little  boy  would  have,  so  I  got  up  and  broke 
up  all  the  luniks  I  could  get  hold  of  and  started  a  fire.  I 
took  off  all  his  clothes  and  dried  them  out  for  him  and  gave 
him  a  couple  of  drinks  of  vin  blanc  and  put  him  to  bed. 

The  last  time  I  saw  him  was  coming  over  on  the  ship 
and  he  came  up  to  me  and  said  "Pete,  I  owe  you  a  reward 
for  saving  my  life  that  night,"  so  he  took  me  up  to  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  and  bought  me  a  dollar's  worth  of  candv— Joseph  John 
Peters,  Supply  Co.,  352d  Inf.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


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A  Night  Hike  in  France 


(Being  an  account  of  how  the  352nd  Inf.  made  the  hike 
from  Vezelois  to  Tremoins  in  late  October,  1918,  by  Corp. 
Stanislav  Wallach  of  Co.  A.) 

Things  in  the  little  village  of  Vezelois  had  just  settled 
down  into  the  regular  routine  of  the  day  in  the  army.  Our 
company  had  been  there  just  long  enough  to  become  dulled  to 
the  sight  of  an  occasional  air  scrap,  or  the  entrance  of  the 
"Q.  M."  truck,  which  formed  our  only  means  of  connection 
with  that  world  for  news  of  which  we  eagerly  -waited.  Only 
one  package  of  mail  had  broken  the  monotony  of  the  period, 
and  the  letter  from  "her''  which  Cook  Frye  had  so  jealously 
guarded  from  the  spurting  grease  of  his  calling  and  had  hid- 
den away  over  his  heart  (or  where  a  cook's  heart  would  be 
if  he  had  one)  was  almost  worn  out.  Daily  we  went  out  to 
drill  and  daily  we  came  in  at  noon  to  cuss  the  mess  sergeant. 
Daily  also  came  the  report  that  peace  had  been  declared. 
From  morn  till  night  the  K.  P.'s  labored  amid  the  inspiring 
lectures  of  the  artistically  inclined  Mess  Sergeant  Schuld, 
specialist  in  discourse  on  the  beauty  of  the  Alps.  What 
mountains  those  hilly  Alps  must  be!  Every  hill  we  passed, 
from  the  time  we  first  saw  Le  Havre  had  been  a  "foothill  of 
the  Alps"  and  had  called  forth  another  enthusiastic  discourse. 
The  Top  Soak  had  with  the  aid  of  his  orderlies  located  all 
beer  stands  in  the  vicinity  and  was  settled  down  to  leading 
an  orderly  gentleman's  existence.  All  in  all,  it  wasn't  such  a 
bad  war. 

On  this  particular  day,  things  weren't  going  right.  A 
strange  foreboding  of  evil  was  in  the  air.  To  start  with, 
Private  Beyer  stood  reveille  with  every  button  of  his  blouse 
in  the  proper  buttonhole,  and  Lieutenant  Gahan  failed  to  for- 
get his  gas  mask.  Private  Pendleton  managed  to  "keep  his 
trap  shut"  for  once  while  standing  at  "attention."  Likewise 
Jack  Frye  forgot  to  cuss  the  outfit  as  we  fell  in  line  for  stew 
and  actually  showed  evidence  of  a  tendency  to  prevent  cruelty 
to  animals  by  helping  out  the  K.  P.'s.  Supply  Sergeant  Jones 
appeared  bustling  around  corners  with  an  unusual  look  of 
industry  on  his  usually  placid  face  and  the  customary  straw 
did  not  dangle  from  his  lips.  At  noon  mess  the  officers  were 
on  their  ear  about  something.  "Where'n  the  — — —  is  Merlo 
with  the  dinner?"  exploded  Lieut.  Hazelrigg  from  Kentucky, 
and  the  former  right  hand  man  at  Cicardi's  stepped  around 
in  double  time.  Lieut.  Barrow  attempted  to  talk  Cook  Oben- 
haus  out  of  the  7  francs  he'd  given  him  the  previous  evening 
to  buy  apples  for  pie  the  next  evening.  Considering  that  the 
Loots  had  just  met  the  new  mademoiselles  who'd  arrived  that 
very  day,  there  seemed  no  reason  for  a  grouch.  Top  Soak 
Curran  smoked  the  captain's  Roitan  half  the  afternoon  in 
blissful  unconsciousness  of  his  failure  to  light  it.  The  com- 
pany clerk  was  buried  in  a  stack  of  dirty  papers,  service  rec- 
ords, and  what  not  in  the  old  carpenter  shop  that  served  as 
headquarters. 


Then  Things  Began  to  Happen 

At  afternoon  drill  things  began  to  happen.  Captain  Hyatt 
almost  wore  out  his  proverbial  blue  streak  in  an  attempt  to 
carry  out  platoon  drill.  As  for  the  men,  we  couldn't  see  how 
"squads  east"  was  going  to  win  the  war.  Anyway,  we  came 
over  here  to  fight.  Drill  was  suddenly  cut  short  by  an  order 
to  "police  the  village."  Oh,  what  a  pleasant  task,  this,  of 
cleaning  up  a  frog  village  that  for  a  century  had  been  ac- 
cumulating material  more  or  less  dear  to  the  hearts  of  gen- 
erations of  frogs.  We  could  well  attest  the  fact  that  "the 
American  army  made  a  clean  sweep."  Strange,  no  order 
followed  to  roll  packs.  Perhaps  we  weren't  going  to  move 
after  all.  Retreat  passed,  mess  was  served  a  la  mode,  still 
no  announcement  came.  The  tension  was  relieved.  Sergeant 
Brown  again  curled  his  embryonic  mustache  and  casually 
remarked  that  the  third  platoon  was  getting  too  much  detail 
of  late.  For  an  hour  or  two  we  parleyed  Francais  with 
Mademoiselle  Madelon  and  made  mer.ry  with  "zig-zag"  until 
"I-can't-makc-it"  Maxson  with  his  bugle  called  us  away  to 
dream  of  "the  girl  we  left  behind." 


Two  hours  of  sleep.  Through  the  blackness  of  night  the 
shrill  blasts  of  the  rasp  whistle,  grating  the  ears  and  rousing 
to  semi-consciousness  the  sleep-drugged  senses — not  minds — 
of  the  fagged  humans  who  sprawl  in  uncouth  and  animal-like 
postures  over  the  dirty  floor  of  the  barn.  There's  Sergeant 
Kreigmus  poised  on  his  knees,  his  head  resting  on  his  folded 
arms  on  the  floor,  mixing  up  snores  with  such  remarks  as 
"I'm  gonna  git  six  of  'em.  No  jokin'  about  ut.  Six  of  'em 
are  gonners."  Sergeant  Johnson  carries  on  his  drill  exercises 
regardless  of  snores.  "One,  two,  three,  four.  Correct  those 
pieces,  there. — *88 — **!*!!! —  '  While  from  away  off  in  a 
corner  out  of  a  pile  of  old  straw  comes  the  voice  of  Sergeant 
Schuld,  "How  beautiful  those  Alps  are."  An  unearthly  ham- 
mering comes  from  the  door  of  the  old  cow  barn,  -which  finally 
opens  far  enough  to  admit  the  head  and  lantern  of  Corporal 
Wallach,  half-dressed  and  minus  his  gas  mask,  "Everybody 
OUT!" 

"Huh?"    "What's  up?"    "There's  that  company  clerk  with 

his  order  and  his  lantern."    "Get  the out'a  here."    "Where 

do  we  go  this  time?"  "Dunno !  Hustle  it  up,  there!  Yu' 
got  thirty  minutes  to  roll  yer  pack."  Sergeant  Johnson  for- 
gets his  drill  and  pops  up,  "All  right  then,  men  roll  out." 

Here  and  there  a  tousled  shock  of  hair  protrudes  from  a 
miscellaneous  hodge  podge  of  arms,  and  equipment.  Stiff 
backs,  legs  and  necks,  aching  limbs.  Br-r-r-r  it's  cold.  Curse 
this  hard  ground!  What's  up,  anyway?  "Get  a  move  on, 
men."  We  move !  "Thought  so,"  chirps  Sergeant  Ryan  from 
the  Emerald  Isle,  "we  haven't  missed  a  Saturday  night  yet." 

God!  Another  hike!  A  half-day  of  drill,  of  speedy  bay- 
onet work,  of  doubling  time  with  a  gas  mask,  a  half-day  of 
stiff  fatigue,  and  now — another  hike.  On  with  the  shoes,  stiff 
and  cold,  smelling  to  high  heaven.  Leggins  next,  wrap  ones 
at  that — what  do  we  care  if  they  go  on  upside  down?  Thirty 
minutes  before  formation.  Oh,  this  army  life!  A  hitch  to 
the  underwear  (why  couldn't  they  give  us  union  suits?)  and 
belt  and  then  on  with  the  blouse,  still  wet  with  yesterday's 
cold  sweat,  damp  and  ill  smelling,  but  it'll  do  to  keep  warm. 
A  hasty  dive  for  tent  pins,  reserves,  clothes,  etc.  The  pack 
must  be  rolled  in  a  hurry.    "Gimme  a  lift  here."     Rookie ! 

Fine  Night  for  a  Hike 

A  drizzle  of  rain  is  falling.  What  a  night  for  a  hike! 
Ten  minutes  left.  Wash?  Impossible.  Half  a  week's  growth 
of  beard  and  unbrushed  teeth.  Water  is  scarce.  Fill  your 
canteens  carefully.  Out  in  the  rain  to  slap  together  the  pack, 
grunting  and  cursing.  "What's  that  you're  luggin'  along 
there,  Tikwart,  a  drug  store?"  "Where  you  gonna  open  up 
that  barber  shop?"  A  world  of  adjustments.  "Mine  don't 
hang  right.  Take  up  a  hitch  on  this  side  for  me."  "Who 
was  your  dressmaker  last  year?"  Here's  a  fellow  with  his 
straps  twisted — will  he  ever  be  ready?  Time  to  fall  in  and 
15  more  things  to  go  on — extra  rations,  shoes  to  be  tied  on, 
that  damned  helmet — swing  it  up  on  the  back,  sling  the  gun, 
and  stagger  into  line,  muttering  and  cursing,  swaying  under 
the  90  pounds.  (And  they  said  trucks  hauled  our  luggage — 
like  the  M.  P.'s  won  the  war.) 

On  the  line.  "Sergeant  Ryan,  right  guide;  Sergeant 
Kreigmus,  left  guide !"  "Squads  right,  march  !"  Up  the  steep 
hill  and  the  night's  gruelling  task  has  begun.  Everything  goes 
pretty  well — if  it  only  wasn't  so  dark.  We  are  warming  up, 
beginning  to  sweat,  the  soreness  disappears  from  the  legs  and 
the  packs  settle  into  more  comfortable  position.  The  first 
half  is  welcome?  What's  that,  Jones  falling  out?  Ten  min- 
utes more.  Wholesale  adjustments  are  in  order.  A  bit  thirsty, 
but  better  wait;  a  long  hike  ahead.  Sixteen  miles?  Twenty 
tonight?     Discussion  varies. 

The  whistle !  Up  again  ;  a  stretch  of  road  and  the  pack 
gets  heavier.  Another  50  minutes.  This'n  seems  long.  How 
long  have  we  been  going?  Twenty  minutes.  What's  that? 
Falling  out  already?  Who  is  it?  Maxson.  Oh!  The  boys 
are  recovering  their  equilibrium — except  some.  Sergeant 
Kreigmus  catches  his  second  wind,  "Lemme  carry  your  packs 
about   four  recruits."     "Ready  to  fall  out,  Jerry?"     "Never 


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mind,  I'll  be  ploddin'  along  when  you  Kansas  prairie  birds  're 
pushin'  up  daisies."  Shift  the  rifle  and  plod  some  more. 
The  wordy  skirmish  gains  strength.  "You  gonna  use  that 
second  helmet  fer  retreat,  Sarge?"  One,  two,  three — Gosh, 
it's  dark — and  what  sticky  mud  we  find  in  Sunny  France. 
"Say,  Zitzman,  is  this  the  kind  of  moonlight  they  have  in 
Missouri?"  "Naw,  this  is  Minnesota  moonlight."  "Let's  see, 
where  is  Missouri?"  "Ask  Pershing,  he  knows."  "Now  I've 
got  it;  that's  where  they  make  Budweiser."  "You  fellows 
give  me  a  pain.  Why  don't  you  live  in  a  real  state,  like  Mich- 
igan or  Kentucky?"  From  the  rear  comes  the  authoritative 
voice,  "Gwan,  cut  the  jawin'  up  there !"  Quiet  reigns  for  a 
while  save  for  the  swish  and  splash  of  mud.  The  night  is 
cold  but  the  sweat  starts.  Coats  and  trousers  become  clammy. 
Shirt  saturated.  Some  sing.  I  would  too  if  the  sweat  would 
keep  out  of  my  mouth.  "When  you  dream  at  night  of  moon- 
light on  the  Wa-a-a-bash — "  Sure,  there's  one  Hoosier  in  the 
crowd.  There's  another  one,  "Drunk  last  night,  drunk  the 
night  before — "  Pick  it  up.  "Aw,  that's  too  dry.  It  recalls 
fond  memories.  How  you  gonna  get  drunk  on  vin  blanc? 
Try  this : 

"Packs  last  night,  packs  the  night  before. 

Gonna  get  packs  tonight  like  we  never  got  before. 
An'  "when  we've  packs  we're  happy  as  can  be   (like  hell) 

For  we  are  members  of  the  pack  family. 
Glorious !   glorious  !    One  pack  apiece  for  the  four  of  us ! 

Thank  Great  Jehovah  that  there  are  no  more  packs 
For  the  four  of  us  would  fall  out  all  alone." 

Looking  for  Rest  Stop 

Now,  that's  appropriate.  Where's  the  applause?  Singing 
dies  down.  Wonder  when  that  next  rest  comes.  Another 
lonesome  stretch.  Keep  off  my  heels.  I've  got  enough  to 
carry.  Ah,  at  last!  Don't  sit  on  the  wet  grass,  the  "flu"  '11 
get  you.  Wish  it'd  stop  rainin'.  "Home  was  never  like 
this!"  wails  some  poor  bird  up  the  line.  Shoot  him,  some- 
body, he  doesn't  deserve  to  live.  "Anybody  fall  out  yet?" 
comes  down  the  line.  "Still  here,  sir."  Top  Soak  takes  an 
inventory  of  the  sick,  lame  and  lazy. 

"Fall  in !"  How  that  strap  cuts  my  shoulders !  Wonder 
how  far  we've  gone.  What're  you  so  thoughtful  about,  Kull? 
"Wonderin'  what  slacker's  takin'  her  to  th'  show  tonight?" 
There's  another  one  of  'em — hanging's  too  good  for  'im.  Cut 
out  your  cussin',  you'll  shock  the  ladies.  "Come  on,  step  up, 
boys,  it's  on  Corporal  Glau.  Will  you  have  Falstaff  or  Bud- 
weiser? Heavens,  I'm  dry.  Damn  these  birds  that  keep  chirp- 
ing about  the  comforts  of  home.  Will  this  hour  never  end? 
Wind  is  too  precious  to  waste  in  talking.  A  little  swig  from 
the  canteen — not  much.  I  shouldn't  have  drunk  so  much.  I'll 
be  S.  O.  L.  before  long.  How  do  you  like  the  sound  of  those 
howitzers  on  the  right?  Some  Fourth  of  July  celebration, 
eh,  Bo?  "Fourth  of  July,  hell,"  comments  Goettelmann, 
"that's  our  artillery  playing  the  Wacht  Am  Rhein." 

"Column  right,  march!"  Ye  gods!  what's  this?  A  for- 
est. Wasn't  it  dark  enough  before?  A  loud  chorus  registers 
disapproval.  Why  couldn't  we  have  kept  the  rock  road? 
There  goes  a  dead  one.  Guess  he  got  scared'  of  the  dark. 
"Drop  back  and  help  him  along,  one  of  you  men."  The  ra- 
tions truck  rushes  by.  Flashlight  reveals  Maxson  perched  on 
the  bags.  How  did  he  get  to  ride?  Surely,  this  is  the  en- 
trance to  Hades.  Rain,  mud,  dark  as  pitch,  a  90-pound  pack, — ■ 
seeing  France,  beautiful  France,  Sunny  France — damn  the 
Kaiser !  "Follow  in  file."  The  Sarge  in  front  has  a  flashlight. 
"How  the  hell  can  I  follow  in  file  when  I  can't  see  my  hand 
in  front  of  my  face?"  Don't  fall  all  over  yourself.  Where 
are  you?  What  a  pleasure  to  climb  the  hill  in  this  clay.  Who 
was  that  fell  down?  Up  again?  Stay  with  it,  Yank.  Twenty 
minutes.  What's  wrong  with  your  pack?  Come  undone. 
Why  didn't  you  fix  it  before  you  started?  "Couldn't.  I  was 
one  o'  the  poor  nuts  that  helped  Lieut.  Gahan  find  his  sag 
paste."  How  long,  oh,  how  long !  Who's  that  down  in  the 
ditch  there?  Sling  his  pack  between  us.  The  captain's  carry- 
ing it.  Give  me  your  gun.  Stay  with  it.  Can't  be  much  fur- 
ther, Buddie.  A  rest  at  last !  Down  in  the  mud  for  a  few. 
Who  cares  for  rain ;  it's  rest  we  want.  Get  some  circulation 
in  those  arms  once  more.  Wonder  how  far  we've  come — 
must  have  covered  over  20  miles  already. 


Another  hour  of  it,  mechanically  plodding  and  halting. 
Shoulders  are  deadened  to  pain.  Mud — churned  into  slush  by 
the  ranks  ahead.  "Falling  out,  Tikwart?"  "No,  sir,  this  Bo- 
hemian never  falls  out."  How  far  do  we  have  to  go  anyway? 
Wish  I'd  shaved.  Dirty  drops  of  sweat  splash  over  my  gun 
sling.  Thank  the  Lord  my  feet  don't  hurt.  Water  almost 
gone  and  not  yet  daybreak.  The  mud  increases.  On  through 
a  bog  of  it.  So  does  the  darkness.  A  bit  faint?  Nibble  a 
piece  of  greasy  hard-tack  that  has  been  in  the  pocket  for  a 
week,  chumming  with  an  old  letter  and  the  stub  of  an  indelible 
pencil.  What're  you  cussin'  about  Curran?  Man,  hear  that 
Top  Soak  swear !  Broke  a  tooth !  Why  don't  you  soak  your 
hard  tack?  We  smoke  another  cigarette.  Got  any  more 
"Bull"  on  you.  Sweat,  sweat,  sweat  and  chill  when  we  stop. 
Who  said  the  trenches  were  rough?  There  goes  another  one. 
"What  company?"  Take  off  his  pack.  Put  on  your  overcoat 
and  wait  here  for  the  ambulance.  Wonder  how  the  others  are 
making  it? 

Day-dreaming  Eases  Things 

Five  minutes  of  day-dreaming  makes  the  going  a  little 
easier.  Bingo!  Come  alive!.  Five  drops  of  sweat  on  that 
damn  gas  mask,  which  swings  like  a  clumsy  suitcase  against 
the  leg.  Thank  heaven,  I  forgot  about  it  for  a  minute  at  least. 
Filthy  underwear,  sweat-soaked,  slides  against  the  soiled  body. 
Let's  see,  what  month  was  it  we  had  a  bath?  Canteen  gone 
and  hours  more  to  go.  More  mud.  Tongue  like  a  blotter,  and 
unbrushed  teeth  make  things  worse.  "Help  carry  your  pack 
a  bit?"  "No,  thank  you,  lieutenant,  I'm  getting  along  O.  K., 
sir."  Company — halt !  Nobody  waits  for  the  command  of 
execution.  Thank  God  !  Off  goes  the  pack  into  the  ditch  and 
I  follow  it.  To  hell  with  the  mud  and  the  extra  trouble.  It 
cut  my  shoulders  the  last  hour.  There,  that  foot's  blistered. 
These  home-knitted  socks !  Where's  the  eighth  man  in  this 
squad?  In  the  ambulance.  The  lucky  scoundrel.  Give  us  a 
war  song,  Chief.  We  need  it.  "I  wonder  if  the  guy  who  in- 
vented, 'I  don't  wanta  get  well'  ever  had  a  dose  of  this."  "The 
life  we  read  about  back  home!" 

God,  I'm  thirsty!  Can't  even  seem  to  day-dream  this 
time.  Bumps  in  the  road  twist  your  feet,  Sergeant  Johnson 
wakes  up,  "Follow  in  file,  there!  If  you  fall  out  here  we 
never  will  find  you."  How  the  —  will  I  follow  in  file  when 
I  can't  see  my  hand  in  front  of  my  face.  My  feet  slide  all 
over  creation.  What  makes  you  stagger,  Wells?  Stay  in 
ranks.  That's  the  stuff,  watch  the  other  man's  feet.  One,  two, 
three,  one,  two — one,  two,  three,  four.  Carry  it  on.  Damn 
that  expression.  Let's  see,  what  was  it  Sherman  said?  Wa- 
ter, water!  Shift  the  rifle.  Lord,  but  it's  getting  heavy. 
Who's  that?  Tikwart,  out  at  last.  "Meet  you  after  the  war, 
Joe." 

Well,  might  as  well  have  a  couple  of  good  swallows  and 
know  you're  through.  Finis.  Breeches  getting  soaked  with 
sweat,  pack  cuts — wriggle  with  chafe  at  every  step — water  ! — 
why  did  I  use  it  up  1  French  town  the  seventh  one  we've 
passed.  Maybe  we'll  stop  here.  No  such  luck.  God,  what 
a  long  time  between  stops.  Surely,  we've  covered  25  miles. 
How  many  of  us  do  they  expect  to  have  when  we  get  in 
anyway?  "Who  started  this  war,  anyway?"  "For  heaven's 
sake,  somebody  coin  a  new  phrase — cussin's  too  weak."  Day 
is  beginning  to  break — so'm  I.  This  pack !  And  Ma  wanted 
to  know  if  I  needed  more  clothes,  and  fur  caps,  and  knitted 
socks.  Thunderation !  Don't  get  ahead  of  the  line — one — 
two — water!  I'd  sell  my  soul  for  a  swig.  When  you  need 
something  you  need  it.  Halt !  Off  again.  How  I  hate  that 
pack.  Not  a  dry  spot  in  30  miles — "Sunny  France."  Oh, 
hell !  Up  again.  Move  along,  cattle.  Sweat  and  mud  in  the 
eyes — you're  not  getting  blind.  That  pack  weighs  a  ton.  Lots 
to  think  about — one,  two — one,  two — pack,  sweat — one,  two — 
chafe,  blister, — water  ! 

What's  that?  A  pump?  Think  I'll  fall  out.  Hell,  no! 
Not  made  that  way.  You'd  look  like  a  jackass  doing  that. 
Tf  the  other  worms  can  keep  moving  you  can  too.  Well,  we're 
by  it  and  you  couldn't  drink  anyway— some  damned  German's 
poisoned  it  most  likely.  I'm  not  bumping  into  you.  Well, 
you're  wabbly  too,  so  quit  growling.  Five  thousand  miles — 
then  this.  No  wonder  the  Yanks  fight  like  hell.  Oh,  those 
Germans, — that  Kaiser — 1     Another  kilometer  and  I'm  done. 


.PERSONAL    NARRATIVES 


I  don't  care  if  the  war  goes  to  hell  or  the  country  goes  dry  or 
what  happens.     I'm  through.     I'm  no  mule. 

There's  a  church  steeple  over  the  edge  of  the  hill.  What's 
that  he  said,  our  billets  right  around  the  corner?  Pick  it  up, 
come  along,  Yank.  What's  the  captain  raving  about?  Man, 
he's  riled.  Cussin'  because  the  advance  detail  hasn't  got  hot 
coffee  for  the  gang.  Give  'em  hell,  Cap !  "You'll  get  in,  and 
you'll  have  hot  coffee  for  these  men  before  they  go  to  sleep, 
too,  or — !  1  !*x*  !**  1 ! !.  Thank  God  !  Barns  with  hay  in  them. 
Chlorinated  water!  Estaminet  "Champagne,  Dix  Francs." 
"Chocolat  Menier."  Manure  piles.  Home  again!  Oh.  boy, 
I'm  glad  we  never  fell  out,  ain't  you ?  Got  a  cigarette?  Merci 
beaucoup. 


Impressions  of  French  Life 

France  has  no  sewing  circles ;    she  has  washing  circles. 
The  little  gatherings  of  our  mothers'  days  where  women 
gathered  and  neighborhood  gossip  was  exchanged  to  the  ac- 
companiment of  clicking  thimbles,  are  unknown  in  that  primi- 
tive country. 

This  doesn't  mean  that  confidences  anent  "Madame  So- 
and-So"  are  not  repeated,  but  it  is  to  the  whack  of  the  wash- 
ing paddle  that  furnishes  commas  and  periods  for  the  con- 
versation. 

One  of  our  wash  tubs  or  wash  boards  would  be  consid- 
ered a  curiosity.  Neither  does  the  thrifty  housewife  of  France 
know  aught  of  boiling  suds,  but  she  has  nice,  clean  clothes 
of  wondrous  whiteness  just  the  same.  All  are  washed  in  cold 
water  and  laid  out  on  the  grass  to  dry.  She  never  heard  of 
a  clothesline,  and  she  wouldn't  know  what  to  do  with  a  clothes 
pin. 

Most  of  the  French  villages  are  built  along  the  banks  of 
little  creeks  or  small  rivers.  The  municipal  authorities  have 
selected  a  central  place  along  the  stream,  convenient  for  the 
villagers,  and  built  the  "washing  place."  This  is  done  by  sink- 
ing a  sort  of  low  sea-wall,  built  of  concrete,  and  a  step  upon 
which  the  women  may  kneel  as  they  lean  over  and  float  their 
clothes  in  the  stream,  and  beat  them  with  long-handled  wooden 
paddles. 

So  far  as  I  could  find  out,  they  seem  to  have  certain 
neighborhood  laundry  parties.  They  go  together  in  friendly 
groups,  and  keep  up  a  sort  of  rhythmic  paddling  on  their  half- 
floating  and  half-submerged  clothes.  Then  it  is  that  they 
chatter  merrily  away. 

When  one  of  the  ladies  has  an  unusually  tempting  bit  of 
neighborhood  news,  all  will  stop  and  listen  while  the  historian 
narrates  the  terrible  tale,  illustrated  with  the  shrugs  and  ges- 
tures peculiar  to  the  French  people.  Then  all  will  return  to 
their  washing  task,  and  register  indignation  over  Madame  de 
Jones'  behavior  with  vigorous  and  chastising  whacks  of  their 
laundry  paddles. 

In  many  of  the  provincial  villages  where  no  stream  is 
available,  the  municipal  authorities  build  in  some  section  of 
the  town  or  village  what  appears  at  first  sight  to  be  a  nata- 
torium.    It  is  always  roofed,  but  left  with  the  sides  opened. 

Here  it  is  the  French  villagers  truly  have  a  washing  circle, 
for  the  natatoriums  are  invariably  built  in  circular  form.  The 
women  wash  and  chatter  as  the  mood  seizes  them,  and  they 
look  forward  to  "wash  day"  with  pleasant  anticipation,  for  over 
there  even  the  dreaded  "wash  day"  has  its  distinct  social  ad- 
vantages. 

Our  men,  when  they  first  saw  those  round  w^sh  houses, 
mistook  them  for  village  natatoriums.  Many  a  Yank  sneaked 
out  before  the  bugler  "couldn't  get  him  up"  to  take  an  early 
morning  swim.  But  early  as  he  was,  Mrs.  Frog  was  there 
ahead,  whacking  merrily  away  at  the  family  linen. 

Their  soap  is  poor  and  they  eagerly  seized  upon  the  Yanks' 
government  soap,  quickly  recognizing  its  superior  washing 
qualities.  The  water  is  unbelievably  soft.  In  fact,  so  soft 
it  is  hard  to  rinse  the  soap  from  your  body  after  bathing. 

Whether  the  big  Frogs  and  little  Froggies  wear  buttons 
on  their  clothes  I  am  unable  to  say.  If  they  do  they  must  be 
wonderful  buttons.  Every  bit  of  laundry  we  entrusted  to 
Mrs.  Frog  came  back  sans  dirt,  sans  snaps  and  sans  buttons. 
the  result  of  the  poundings  of  their  wooden  paddle. 


Captain  Raymond  Benson,  an  Iowan  with  our  command, 
once  gave  a  nice  little  Mrs.  Frog  an  O.  D.  uniform  to  wash. 
It  was  covered  with  mud.  Mrs.  F.  did  a  thorough  job.  When 
it  came  back  every  metal  button  on  it  was  pounded  as  flat  as 
a  Frenchman's  pocket. 

Mended  but  Buttonless 

Our  clothes  were  always  sent  home  neat  and  wonderfully 
mended,  but  without  buttons.  If  you  sent  socks,  they  were 
returned  with  every  hole  darned  with  the  most  exquisite  nee- 
dlework imaginable,  but  that  the  buttons  were  gone  she  never 
noticed.  Among  the  other  things  we  Yanks  left  behind  over 
there  were  buttons — millions  and  millions  of  them. 

The  French  housewife  is  a  wonderful  needle  woman. 
Love  of  lace  and  dainty  embroideries  are  hers  by  inheritance, 
and  her  nimble  fingers  supply  them.  Table  linen  in  even  the 
most  humble  of  French  homes  is  wonderful.  All  are  trimmed 
and  embroidered  in  the  most  exquisite  fashion.  No  French 
woman  is  so  poor  that  she  doesn't  own  laces  that  would  make 
her  American  sister  pale  with  envy.  Much  of  them  she  has 
inherited  from  ancestors  of  past  generations ;  still  more  she 
has  made  herself.  All  French  women  ply  the  needle  with 
amazing  dexterity.  Even  the  little  girl  kiddies  can  sew.  It  is 
natural  with  them. 

French  homes  have  many  peculiarities,  particularly  those 
in  small  cities  and  provincial  towns.  Of  ventilation  they  know 
nothing.  Their  homes  are  neat,  clean,  nicely  curtained  and 
inviting. 

French  beds  are  strange.  All  have  canopies,  daintily  cov- 
ered with  a  sort  of  chintz.  Bed  springs  are  unknown,  and 
beds  are  made  soft  with  ticks.  Pillows  are  used  only  to  make 
the  beds  look  "nice."  To  sleep  on  one,  the  Frog  and  his  fam- 
ily would  consider  a  sacrilege.  He  even  has  bed  clothing  that 
resembles  an  old  feather  bed  in  its  thickness. 

(Evidently  the  writer  had  not  come  into  contact  with  the 
big  square  pillows  and  long  round  bolster  so  common  on  the 
continent.  The  sleeper  was  expected  to  use  both,  and  often 
madame  was  greatly  concerned  that  the  odd  Americans  refus- 
ed to  put  so  much  under  their  heads,  and  even  refused  to  use 
the  great,  square  billowy  cover  that  rested  on  the  middle  of 
the  bed.  Truly  "Les  Americains  sont  fous."  Mais  oui. — 
E.  J.  D.  L.) 

Occasionally  you  see  on  the  floor  of  some  peasant  home  a 
wonderful  Oriental  rug — probably  centuries  old,  and  priceless. 
It  is  an  heirloom,  inherited  from  some  remote  ancestor.  Noth- 
ing in  the  home  corresponds  to  it  in  the  way  of  furnishings. 

Carpets,  as  we  understand  them,  are  like  the  washtubs 
and  washboards — unknown  to  France.  Floors  are  "rugged," 
save  where  some  affluent  Frog  has  a  home  with  a  wooden 
floor.  He  is  so  proud  of  that  wooden  floor  that  he  wouldn't 
cover  it  up  with  a  rug  for  worlds.  Ninety  per  cent  of  all 
French   floors   are   of   stone. 

Mrs.  Frog  Is  "Some  Cook" 

French  cuisine  is  famous  all  over  the  world,  and  gas- 
tronomic experts  will  so  attest. 

The  just-returned  Yank  would  tell  you  the  same  thing, 
but  in  more  homely  fashion.  He  would  probably  say:  "Mrs. 
Frog  is  SOME  cook!" 

Let  me  add  that  when  it  comes  to  meal  preparation,  the 
lady  of  the  French  household  registers  110  per  cent.  This, 
too,  despite  the  fact  that  she  has  but  a  small  part  of  the  cook- 
ing utensils  our  home  folks  possess. 

When  it  comes  to  cooking,  Mrs.  Frog  registers  100  per 
cent.  A  cook  stove  or  range  would  be  as  strange  to  her  as 
one  of  our  laundry  outfits.  Not  even  the  taverns  in  south  and 
central  France  have  a  range.  Cooking  is  all  done  in  a  fire- 
place. Of  cooking  utensils,  Mrs.  Frog  has  but  a  scattering  of 
ancient  pots  and  pans.  But  from  these  she  can  produce  a 
wonderful  dinner. 

Everywhere  in  France,  even  in  the  most  humble  homes, 
dinner  is  a  matter  of  importance.  Everything  is  served  in 
courses.  First  the  soup  is  eaten  and  the  dishes  removed  before 
the  fish  is  brought.  Each  vegetable  is  served  separately.  Two 
things  to  eat  at  the  same  time  on  the  same  table  are  unheard 


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Personal  Narratives 


of  in  Frogland.  Rather  would  he  eat  with  his  knife  than 
have  his  food  set  before  him  all  at  once,  insists  the  Frog. 

Travelers  through  France,  we  had  the  greatest  difficulty 
to  make  the  French  people  where  we  were  billeted  understand 
the  Yank  wanted  everything  set  before  him  when  he  started 
to  eat. 

But  our  greatest  difficulty  came  when  we  tried  to  get  it 
through  the  Frog's  head  that  we  wanted  "breakfast."  He 
couldn't  understand  it,  and  what's  more  he  didn't  propose  to 
understand  it. 

"What,"  he  exclaimed  in  his  voluble  style,  "eat  in  the 
morning.    Who  ever  heard  of  such  a  thing?" 

The  Frog  has  a  little  bit  of  bread  or  a  roll  and  a  sip  or 
two  of  cholocate  in  the  morning,  usually  in  bed,  brought  bv  a 
maid  or  one  of  the  daughters,  but  his  first  real  food  comes  at 
his  lunch,  served  at  noon.  And  it  is  nothing  heavier  than  an 
omelet. 

In  one  town,  St.  Loubra,  it  was,  I  managed  to  get  the 
Frenchman  to  understand  that  40  men  of  our  convoy  wanted 
breakfast,  and  wanted  it  early  in  the  morning.  The  getting 
up  early  part  was  all  right,  but  the  breakfast  was  another 
matter.  When  finally  told  it  was  the  militaire,  it  was  dif- 
ferent. No  Frog  will  dispute  the  wisdom  of  an  order  from 
the  '"militaire."     He  just  does  it,  and  no  questions. 

On  this  Thanksgiving  morning  at  4:30  A,  M.,  our  men 
got  the  promised  "breakfast."  Soup  was  served  first.  The 
fish  followed.  An  entree  came  next,  and  a  roast  was  the 
principal  item  of  the  bill  of  fare.  The  Frog  stood  by,  watched 
our  Yanks  dig  into  the  "breakfast,"  shook  his  head  sadly, 
shrugged  his  expressive  shoulders  and  said  nothing.  He  had 
"made  good,"  but  it  took  him  all  night  to  do  it. 

A  score  or  more  of  miles  away  toward  the  fighting  line, 
our  convoy  that  same  day  had  lunch.  Again  came  the  soup- 
fish,  entree,  vegetable,  meat,  salad,  coffee,  cheese  and  a  cigaret, 
and  all  served  in  courses.  Thirty  miles  nearer  the  front  that 
Thanksgiving  night  we  had  dinner,  and,  as  per  usual,  it  came 
along  in  sections,  starting  with  soup  and  ending  with  the  coffee 
and  cheese.     It  was  a  merry  and  gastronomical  holiday. 


A  French  woman  without  warning,  can  cook  a  mighty  pala- 
table dinner  or  lunch  for  40  hungry  soldiers  in  40  consecutive 
minutes,  using  nothing  better  than  her  little  assortment  of  an- 
cient pots  and  pans,  and  cooking  it  over  the  always  dependable 
family  fireplace.  In  fact  she  can  get  the  meals  without  diffi- 
cult}-, and  a  dozen  little  Froggies  hovering  around  her  doesn't 
seem  to  bother. 

She  was  always  nice  when  our  convoy  would  pull  up  and 
show  our  cards  and  ask  for  food.  Pleased  she  seemed  to  be 
when  the  Yanks  showed  their  appreciation  by  "cleaning  up." 
We  were  allowed  approximately  two  dollars  a  day  to  ration 
each  man,  and  the  French  women  were  glad  to  get  the  money. 
At  first  their  charges  were  comparatively  reasonable.  But 
Mrs.  Frog  is  quick  and  receptive.  She  quickly  got  the  Amer- 
ican viewpoint  so  far  as  money  was  concerned  and  shifted  her 
scale  of  charges  accordingly. 

If  we  did  nothing  else  for  France,  we  taught  France  to 
chew  gum.  The  chicle  habit  had  never  before  invaded  that 
country.  All  soldiers  find  company  and  consolation  in  gum 
and  chew  it  habitually.  First  we  gave  it  to  the  French  kid- 
dies and  they  swallowed  it.  Truth  be  told,  for  a  time  we  about 
ruined  the  digestion  of  youthful  France.  But  the  juvenile 
Frog  is  hard}',  and  he  recovered.  Now  he  has  learned  to  chew 
gum  with  all  the  dexterity  of  a  Shubert  chorus  girl.  The 
kiddies  would  do  anything  for  a  Yank  if  he  would  give  them 
a  slab  of  gum.  Mam'selle,  the  big  sister,  proved  an  apt  pupil, 
and  soon  achieved  the  art,  and  once  in  a  while  we  found  an 
old  father  Frog  who  liked  his  gum. 

Since  the  Yanks  have  been  coming  home  from  overseas, 
the  public  have  heard  much  of  the  men  suffering  from  jaun- 
dice. Doctors  have  said  it  was  due  to  a  change  of  diet  and 
the  release  of  men  from  the  anxieties  of  war,  which  in  turn, 
interfered  with  digestive  machinery. 

I'll  tell  the  truth.  There  is  no  jaundice — the  digestive  ap- 
paratus is  just  as  good  as  ever  and  still  working  good. 

The  men  turn  yellow  from  French  garlic,  which  they  have 
learned  to  eat  in  capious  quantities,  and  which  they  now  miss. 

Jaundice,  no — garlic,  yes. — A.  G.  Bainbridge,  Jr.,  Manager 
Shubert  Theater,  Minneapolis,  Minn.    Lt,  Hq.  Co.,  337th  F.  A. 


Our  Fallen  Heroes 


By  Lucien  O.  Holman,  Flint,  Mich. 

There  is  many  a  spot  in  France  and  other  parts  of  Europe 
that  will  ever  be  remembered  with  profoundest  reverence  by 
the  living  soldiers  who  were  the  comrades  of  the  men  who 
sleep  there.  There  are  many  American  cemeteries  in  Europe, 
and  each  is  a  spot  that  must  be  forever  beautiful  to  American 
people,  and  especially  so  to  American  soldiers  now  living  who 
fought  along  those  battle  lines. 

On  the  side  of  a  gently  sloping  hill  in  Eastern  France 
there  is  a  bit  of  landscape  that  will  ever  be  sacred  to  men  of 
the  88th  Div.  who  have  now  returned  from  the  fighting  and 
will  always  be  remembered  by  them  with  silent  reverence.  It 
is  an  American  cemetery,  near  the  edge  of  a  bit  of  woodland 
just  a  few  miles  from  the  village  of  Hericourt  and  not  far 
from  the  ancient  city  of  Belfort,  where  are  buried  several 
hundred  American  soldiers,  among  them  many  of  our  com- 
rades. This  resting  place  of  our  men  and  of  so  many  other 
soldiers  is  a  most  beautiful  spot  nestled  in  a  broad  valley  and 
surrounded  by  magnificently  rolling  hills.  At  each  grave  is 
a  white  wooden  cross  bearing  a  metal  identification  plate  on 
which  is  the  soldier's  name,  number,  regiment  and  company, 
and  other  information  concerning  his  death.  A  little  river 
flows  along  the  lower  side  of  the  cemetery,  singing  a  rippling 
lullably  and  keeping  the  flowers  and  the  grass  green  and 
fresh  as  it  goes  on  its  way  to  the  sea.  The  tall  trees  of  the 
woodland  which  skirts  one  side  of  the  cemetery  seem,  in  their 
silence,  to  be  bowing  their  heads  in  perpetual  reverence  of 
the  glorious  dead.  Ofttimes  in  the  sultry  summer  afternoons 
the  tallest  of  the  trees  throw  their  shadows  far  out  over  the 
myriads  of  beautiful  flowers  which  the  loving  hands  of  French 
women  have  hung  in  wreaths  upon  the  crosses  and  scattered 
in  clusters  upon  the  gravis,  ;is  though  trying  to  protect  thorn 
from  the  heat  of  the  summer  sun. 

To  the  southward  may  be  seen  the  blue  outline  of  the 
Swiss  mountains.     To  the  east  the  Vosges  mountains   slope 


abruptly  down  to  rolling  fields.  The  West,  as  the  sun  sinks 
toward  the  rim  of  the  hills  at  the  end  of  the  day,  is  filled  with 
the  radiant  crimson  and  pink  of  the  sunset.  Of  a  sudden  the 
air  is  filled  with  the  ringing  of  beautifully  blended  bells — it 
is  the  ringing  of  the  Angelus,  filling  the  air  with  music.  And 
when  the  music  dies  away  in  echoes  across  the  valley  a  rev- 
erent evening  quietness  settles  over  the  graves  of  our  heroes. 
Such  is  their  resting  place :  and  these  splendid  hills  and 
valleys  where  they  lie  will  be  eternally  eloquent  landscapes  to 
us.  And  we  who  live  hear  these  fallen  comrades  say  to  us — 
a  challenge  clear  and  strong  and  unmistakable — 

We  are  the  dead    .... 
To  you  from  falling  hands  we  throw 
The  Torch.    Be  yours  to  hold  it  high ; 
If  ye  break  faith  with  us  who  die 
We  shall  not  sleep,  though  poppies  grow 
In  Flanders  fields. 

Having  given  the  last  full  measure  of  devotion  for  their 
country,  they  throw  the  Torch  of  Honor  to  us.  If  we  are 
to  make  good  their  sacrifices,  we  must  see  that  this  America 
for  which  they  fought  is  protected  from  every  foe  from 
within  and  from  without.  And  we  will  not  fail  if  we  do  not 
break  faith  with  them! 

Their  death  is  a  challenge  to  us!  Animated  by  the  noblest 
nf  ideals  and  impelled  by  a  force  as  inevitable  as  the  force 
that  makes  the  tides  of  the  sea,  they  went  out  to  the  field  of 
battle  and  died.  The  ideals  for  which  they  gave  their  lives 
must  never  be  allowed  to  become  less  noble  in  our  sight  nor 
must  there  ever  come  a  time  when  the  honor  and  protection 
of  the  country  will  not  be  worth  as  great  a  sacrifice  as  they 
paid  to  protect  it.  We  must  not  cease  to  remember  them  : 
for  them  we  must  bold  the  Torch  high  :    for  them  we  must 


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never  cease  to  be  quick  to  honor  the  uniform  and  respect  the 
flag  under  which  they  fought. 

Because  her  men  were  noble,  the  commonwealth  must  be- 
come nobler  still  as  the  years  go  on.  Because  our  men  died 
for  high  ideals,  we  must  live  for  high  ideals.  Because  of 
them  we  must  as  individuals,  as  communities,  as  a  nation,  rise 
from  anything  that  is  base  in  public  life  and  governmental 
affairs  to  that  which  is  worthy.  The  memory  of  our  fallen 
heroes  must  be  an  inspiration  forever  to  those  of  us  who  sur- 
vive them,  and  because  of  them  our  goal,  which  is  indeed  the 
goal  of  the  nation,  must  be  the  ideal  commonwealth  where 
loyalty  is  each  citizen's  chiefest  passion. 

The  sacrifices  and  the  bravery  that  are  mutely  told  by 
the  thousands  of  white  crosses  that  fleck  the  hills  and  valleys 
of  Europe  from  Flanders  to  Archangel  must  be  to  us  a  per- 
petual challenge  to  clean  and  honest  manhood  and  loyal  Amer- 
ican citizenship. 


Ducks  in  Hallowe'en  Prank 

At  dusk  on  Hallowe'en  our  squad  of  six  of  the  2d  Bn. 
Liaison  Sect,,  349th  Inf.,  had  filled  our  canteens,  rolled  our 
blankets,  received  our  password  and  slipped  out  of  the  little 
village  of  Beuthviller,  Alsace,  and  wended  our  way  along  a 
camouflaged  road  to  Bauschwiller,  here  we  turned  to  our 
right  and  crossed  a  large,  marshy  field.  We  were  nearing  the 
canal  where  one  of  our  outposts  was  on  duty.  It  was  the 
last  fading  light  of  day  and  each  one  was  advancing  with  the 
quietness  of  a  cat.  Suddenly  an  awful  clatter  and  fluttering 
caused  us  to  fall  flat  for  further  investigation.  The  noise 
proved  to  be  only  a  flock  of  wild  ducks  that  we  had  startled 
from  their  rest. 

Hallowe'en  is  spooky  enough  and  I  don't  think  that  any 
of  the  six,  Privates  Brolliar,  Roup,  Vogebein,  Olson,  myself 
and  Corporal  Dauer  will  ever  forget  our  first  real  scare  on 
Xo  Man's  Land. — Lee  Norris,  Ainsworth,  la. 


Religion  in  Crucible  of  War 


Gondrecourt,  France,  March,  1919. 

Does  the  soldier  have  a  religion?  There  are  some  who 
say  that  he  does  not.  They  claim  that  there  is  no  place  in  the 
soldier's  life  for  religion — that  his  every  act  is  antagonistic  to 
religion.  What  is  the  basis  of  such  an  answer?  If  it  is  the 
superficial  evidence  so  often  used,  he  certainly  has  little  or 
no  religion.  If  we  are  to  consider  religion  in  terms  of  me- 
chanical form,  in  church  attendance,  in  public  prayers,  in  oral 
testimonies,  he  is  altogether  bankrupt,  but  if  we  are  to  con- 
sider religion  in  terms  of  feeling,  attitude,  ideal,  and  service, 
then  he  of  all  men  is  certainly  religious. 

The  soldier  is  observed,  first  of  all.  in  his  period  of  prep- 
aration. The  evidence  of  his  religious  life  is  seen  in  the  eager 
willingness  with  which  he  volunteered  his  service  or  the  en- 
thusiasm with  which  he  answered  the  call  in  the  draft  when 
he  saw  the  outrage  perpetrated  on  the  world  and  on  all  that 
he  held  worth  while  by  the  organized  forces  of  militarism. 
He  counted  the  cost.  He  said  good-by  to  those  whom  he  lov- 
ed without  hesitation.  He  set  his  face  toward  the  enemy  with 
a  determination  born  out  of  the  innate  righteousness  of  his 
soul.  To  him  defeat  was  unthinkable.  Victory  filled  his  en- 
tire horizon.  He  came  into  camp  with  its  entire  new  life. 
Rules  and  regulations  were  imposed  from  without.  Physical 
comforts  were  reduced  to  the  minimum.  The  most  menial 
labor  became  a  daily  duty.  The  life  of  exaggerated  individ- 
ualism was  abandoned  entirely  for  a  highly  specialized  group 
life,  where  the  individual  became  a  mere  atom  in  the  great 
war  machine.  To  the  new  situation  he  adapted  himself  with 
amazing  rapidity.  He  submitted  to  direction  and  authority, 
was  reconciled  to  the  self-denials  imposed  with  an  enthusiasm 
that  is  only  possible  where  there  is  a  high  ideal,  a  sense  of 
justice  and  moral  purpose.  Slaves  do  not  thus  submit.  There 
is  a  driving  force  that  comes  only  with  the  consciousness  of 
the  justice  of  the  cause  in  which  the  soldier  is  engaged.  He 
worked  not  as  one  who  was  compelled  from  without,  but  as 
one  who  was  impelled  from  within  by  the  dynamic  of  a  great 
ideal. 

In  many  cases  the  period  of  preparation  was  brief.  The 
soldier  was  hurried  onward  from  place  to  place,  from  situa- 
tion to  situation,  across  the  sea  toward  the  stage  of  action 
where  the  destiny  of  the  world  was  at  stake.  For  him  the 
period  of  preparation  was  soon  at  an  end.  He  was  thousands 
of  miles  from  home  in  a  strange  land  under  most  abnormal 
conditions.  He  was  now  in  the  fight,  but  the  same  moral 
enthusiasm  was  manifest.  He  waded  through  mud  and  rain, 
he  stood  hours  in  the  trenches,  he  awaited  the  order  to  go 
over  the  top  and  he  rushed  out  into  No  Man's  Land,  not  be- 
cause he  was  ordered  to  do  so,  but  because  he  was  lured  on 


by  the  power  of  his  great  ideal.  He  fought,  he  suffered,  and 
he  died  with  a  confidence  born  of  an  eternal  hope,  a  hope  that 
caused'  the  foe  to  quake  and  to  hesitate,  and  in  the  end  to 
turn  backward  in  defeat. 

Always  a  Manly  Response 

At  no  time  in  the  period  of  preparation  in  the  States  or 
on  the  eve  of  active  participation  in  the  fight,  has  one  wit- 
nessed a  stampede  in  the  rushing  of  masses  of  soldiers, 
through  fear,  to  God,  for  deliverance  from  approaching  death. 
There  was  always  a  manly  response  to  the  challenge  of  the 
eternal  truth.  There  was  impatience  with  all  attempts  of  mis- 
guided souls  who  sought  to  arouse  and  appeal  to  feelings,  as 
has  so  often  been  done  in  improperly  conducted  revivals.  The 
soldier,  of  all  men,  is  quickest  to  detect  the  unreal,  the  sham, 
subterfuge,  and  camouflage.  All  superficialities,  he  waves 
aside,  and  demands  that  we  deal  only  with  the  real,  the  eternal 
verities  of  life.  He  prefers  to  be  judged  by  his  deeds  rather 
than  by  his  words. 

In  the  great  conflict  of  ideals  with  ideals  religion  has 
shown  itself  to  be  decidedly  more  than  church  affiliation,  par- 
ticular creed  or  ceremony,  as  important  as  these  are.  Men 
who  ate  together,  slept  in  the  same  bunk,  worked  side  by 
side,  and  fought  shoulder  to  shoulder,  have  regarded  each 
other,  not  for  their  church  preference  or  pet  beliefs,  but  rather 
for  what  they  were  and  for  what  they  did  as  real  honest-to- 
God  men  in  the  greatest  fraternity  in  the  m6st  worthy  cause 
that  could  challenge  the  attention  of  strong  men.  Certainly  no 
one  would  condone  the  willful  misdoings  of  men  anywhere, 
but  he  must  be  blind,  indeed,  who  has  not  seen,  many  times  dur- 
ing this  struggle,  the  deepest  loyalty  to  truth  stand  out  in  all  its 
glory,  when  the  rough  exterior  which  obscured  it  had  been 
consumed  in  the  crucible. 

Man\'  times  that  which  had  been  pronounced  gold  by  the 
old  superficial  judgments,  has  proved  to  be  dross,  and  that 
which  has  been  condemned  as  worthless  has  stood  the  fires  of 
test  and  has  shone  forth  with  all  the  luster  of  pure  gold. 

Soldiers  have  not  only  come  to  regard  each  other  on  this 
true  basis  of  religion,  but  they  have  come  to  a  new  apprecia- 
tion of  the  minister  as  represented  in  the  chaplains  in  the 
army.  Living  with  them  daily,  they  have  found  them  to  be 
human.  They  have  discovered  that  they  are  possessed  with 
all  the  normal  appetites  and  desires  common  to  men— that  they 
live  in  much  the  same  world  as  themselves.  They  have  found 
Chaplains  who .  were  lovers  of  fun,  who  were  leaders  in 
athletics,  and  who. were  afraid  of  neitM&*  men  nor  devils. 
Men  who  have  felt  that  the  minister's  knowledge  was  limited 
to  hymns  and  the  Bible  have  been  surprised  to  find  him  with 


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a  liberal  education  and  interested  in  every  phase  of  life.  Even 
in  the  test  applied  by  the  army  itself,  the  soldier  has  seen  the 
Chaplain,  who  is  only  a  minister  by  profession,  measure  well 
up  toward  the  top.  The  respect  for  the  minister  and  his  re- 
ligion has  been  greatly  increased  because  of  this  new  army 
relation. 

Minor  Differences  Lost 

The  ministers  have  made  no  less  a  discovery  than  the 
soldier.  They  have  come  to  know,  to  respect  and  to  love  each 
other.  They  have  found  after  all  that  denominational  differ- 
ences are  secondary  and  not  of  primary  importance.  The 
Catholics  and  Protestants  have  co-operated  most  closely,  be- 
cause they  have  regarded  fundamental  principles  alone.  Prot- 
estants have  lost  sight  of  minor  differences  among  themselves, 
and  have  set  to  their  common  task  with  a  combined  effort 
which  has  produced  most  wonderful  results.  No  finer  illus- 
tration of  this  new  spirit  of  religious  tolerance  can  be  found 
than  the  Jewish  Passover  held  in  Gondrecourt,  April  1919. 
The  service  was  held  in  the  Salvation  Army  Hut.  The  ritual 
was  read,  and  the  elements  consecrated  by  the  Jewish  Wel- 
fare Secretary.  After  the  religious  feast,  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  di- 
rector introduced  a  Methodist  Chaplain  for  the  address.  After 
the  address,  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  troop  made  up  of  both  Protestants 
and  Catholics  furnished  the  entertainment  for  the  hundreds 
of  Jews  present.  Such  a  service  prior  to  the  great  testing 
through  which  we  have  just  passed,  would  have  been  impos- 
sible. 

The  ministers  also  have  discovered  the  men  through  these 
army  contacts  as  they  never  could  have  done  otherwise.  They 
know  men's  temptations.  They  have  seen  that  men  are  to  be 
judged  by  their  purposes,  their  convictions,  their  ideals,  their 
struggles,  rather  than  by  a  few  words,  a  few  disconnected 
acts,  or  the  donation  of  a  few  dollars  more  or  less  to  the 
support  of  the  church.  They  have  been  able  to  talk  with  men 
from  their  own  point  of  view,  and  have  a  new  regard  for 
men  whom  they  were  accustomed  to  condemn  as  rough  because 
they  themselves  were  often  effeminate.  They  have  found  that 
men  will  respond  to  a  moral  challenge  that  is  worthy  of  a 
man's  effort.  Their  faith  has  been  strengthened  both  in  men 
and  in  their  own  Gospel  Message. 

It  may  well  be  said  that  this  has  been  a  religious  war  so 
far  as  the  American  soldier  and  the  American  people  are  con- 
cerned. They  have  opened  their  treasuries.  They  have  pooled 
their  natural  resources.  They  have  offered  their  common 
prayer  to  a  common  God,  and  have  laid  their  lives  on  the 
altar  of  World  Service.  They  asked  for  no  material  reward. 
Hardships,  suffering,  even  death  itself  lost  their  terror.  Un- 
selfish Sacrifice  became  a  pleasure  in  the  consciousness  that 
new  life  and  new  liberty  were  being  brought  to  the  whole 
world.  Men  everywhere  have  had  a  new  vision.  They  have 
seen  themselves  stewards  of  God,  guardians  of  truth.  They 
have  suddenly  found  themselves  co-partners  with  the  Eternal 
Builder,  creating  a  new  world  of  human  relationships  in  which 
justice  and  righteousness  shall  prevail.  They  have  found  the 
sure  way  to  life  through  death,  and  they  have  been  exceed- 
ingly glad. 

Out  of  the  great  ordeal,  religion  comes  recognized  by  all 
as  a  vital  dynamic,  charging  every  phase  of  life.  It  is  no 
longer  to  be  considered  a  formal  static  profession  appropriate 
alone  for  the  stupid  and  the  dead.  Now  that  there  is  time  to 
reflect  and  to  properly  evaluate  the  forces  operating  in  the 
great  struggle  the  soldier's  religion  is  seen  to  be  the  one 
mighty  impelling  power,  without  which  the  present  victory 
would  have  been  impossible,  and  the  future  peace  of  the  world 
would  be  hopeless.— Alpha  H.  Kenna,  Senior  Chaplain,  88th 
Div. 


How  175th  Brig.  Show  was  Named 

Long  before  the  A.  E.  F.  sent  out  the  G.  O.  assigning 
commissioned  officers  with  the  theatrical  detachments  organ- 
ized from  talent  of  the  ranks,  Gen.  William  "Babe"  Stewart 
assigned  1st  Lt.  Hoyt  S.  Brown  and  Mus.  Billy  Billingsley 
to  organize  and  produce  a  theatrical  company  from  the  175th 


Brig.  The  troupe  had  been  on  the  go  for  several  days,  when 
a  "rumor"  reached  the  detachment  in  St.  Mihiel  that  there 
was  a  rivalry  between  the  brigade  show  and  the  "Who  Can 
Tell"  show  which  at  that  time  was  beginning  to  take  form. 
The  175th  Brig,  show  then  moved  from  the  St.  Mihiel  sector 
back  to  Toul,  at  which  place  it  was  to  play  a  week's  engage- 
ment in  the  Comedy  Theater.  Upon  arrival  in  Toul,  the 
lieutenants  in  the  entertainment  office  of  the  2d  Army,  gave 
the  information  they  were  A.  W.  O.  L.,  and  the  proper  au- 
thorities did  not  know  where  they  were.  There  was  some 
excitement  for  a  few  minutes,  as  the  detachment  did  not  know 
they  had  ever  been  lost. 

When  the  175th  Brig,  show  reported  in  Toul  it  was  greet- 
ed with  "Here  are  the  runaways  at  last."  From  then  on  they 
were  known  as  "General  Stewart's  Runaways,"  for  General 
Stewart  was  responsible  for  the  creation  of  the  theatrical 
company  for  the  benefit  of  his  men.  The  only  running  away 
the  show  knew  of,  was  with  the  honors  among  the  shows  of 
the  Division.— Billy  Billingsley,  310  West  Walnut  St.,  Des 
Moines,  la. 


Christmas  in  France 

Plans  for  Thanksgiving  dinners  were  spoiled  for  the  Di- 
vision in  the  2d  Army  area  by  the  order  to  move  to  Gondre- 
court in  1918,  so  nothing  was  permitted  to  prevent  a  real  cele- 
bration of  Christmas.  The  French  "kiddies"  did  not  know 
much  about  Santa  Claus  or  Christmas  trees,  and  for  five  years 
their  "Noel"  had  been  rather  tame.  So  the  local  juvenile  pop- 
ulation came  in  for  a  treat  and  every  company  had  some  sort 
of  a  "blow-out"  and  special  feed.    Circumstances  did  not  con- 


At  left — Lt.  Sterling  Kelly,  Harvev  L.  Pries,  mess  sergeant 
Hq.  Co.,  350th  Inf.,  Lt.  Chas.  Dawson,  Chaplain  Luther  Maul- 
berg,    Menaucourt,    Dec.    24,    1918. 


tribute  greatly  toward  obtaining  much  of  a  menu  or  to  cook- 
ing, but  wonderful  results  were  achieved  frequently.  The  il- 
lustration shown  herewith  gives  an  idea  of  what  was  in  store 
for  the  men  of  Hq.  Co.,  350th  Inf.,  at  Monaucourt.  Besides 
the  roast  cochons  and  "biftek"  there  were  "pommes  de  terre" 
mashed  (not  "frit")  with  gravy,  creamed  corn,  celery,  olives, 
cake,  doughnuts,  raisins,  nuts,  coffee,  smokes  and  Croix 
Rouge  gum,  or  perhaps  it  was  issue. 


RICH  VILLAGER'S  HOME 

'*"» 1 1  (6«-LoisOr«CtNTS) 

Typical    French    Peasant   Home. 


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Those  "Customs  of  the  Service" 

With  the  infusion  of  so  much  civilian  blood  into  the  offi- 
cer ranks  of  the  army  many  of  the  venerable  "customs  of  the 
service"  went  by  the  board.  It  was  the  desire  of  the  new  ele- 
ment to  observe  as  many  of  the  traditions  as  could  be  discov- 
ered and  publishers  of  military  text  books  and  guides  did  a 
thriving  business  in  everything  that  would  enlighten  the  novice 
in  what  was  expected  of  an  officer,  socially  and  officially — 
things  unwritten  and  untaught  in  training  camps  yet  of  the 
force  of  law.  Overzealousness  on  the  part  of  some  officers, 
especially  the  "looie-est"  of  the  "looies,"  led  to  ludicrous  sit- 
uations sometimes. 

Small  commands  at  permanent  posts  in  peace  times  was 
one  thing,  and  a  large  army  in  active  service  was  another.  Old 
forms  and  courtesies  had  to  change.  But  the  fledglings  did 
not  all  think  of  this.  A  few,  who  had  read  and  re-read  the 
chapter  on  "Customs  of  the  Service"  and  rehearsed  what  they 
should  do  when  reporting  on  their  first  assignment,  left  the 
sin  on  the  side  of  commission  rather  than  omission.  It  was 
not  uncommon,  for  instance,  to  have  a  young  lieutenant,  suit 
case  in  hand,  present  himself  at  Division  Headquarters  at 
22d  St  and  ask  directions  to  the  residence  of  the  Commanding 
General.  A  little  inquiry  would  disclose  that  he  bore  the  usual 
order  to  proceed  to  Camp  Dodge  and  "report  on  arrival  to 
the  Commanding  General  thereof,"  and  he  was  obeying  or- 
ders. 

Regulations  also  direct  that  on  being  assigned  to  a  post 
and  reporting  for  duty,  an  officer  make  both  an  official  call 
and  a  call  of  courtesy.  Some  officers  did  call  on  the  general 
at  his  residence.  Had  all  lived  up  to  this  requirement  so  lit- 
erally the  commander's  house  would  have  been  overwhelmed 
with  callers. 

Must  Have  Been  Amusing 

It  must  have  been  amusing  to  the  army-bred  officers  some- 
times, and  a  pang  of  regret  must  have  been  felt,  over  the 
elimination  of  some  of  the  pretty,  old-time  ways.  It  is  not 
to  be  wondered  at,  also,  if  some  gave  way  to  a  feeling  of 
resentment  at  this  quick  usurpation  of  their  bailiwick  by  the 
influx  from  civil  life.     But,  on  the  whole,  it  must  be  said  that 


Men's    Bunks    Aboardship. 

the  relations  between  regular  army  and  reserve  officers  was 
for  the  best  interest  of  the  army's  success. 

Probably  all  divisions  had  their  instances  of  exceptions, 
particularly  between  West  Pointers  and  National  Guard  or 
National  Army  officers.  (This  designation  of  "U.  S.  N.  G.," 
"U.  S.  N.  A."  or  "U.  S.  R."  was  later  abolished.)  There  is 
the  notable  case  of  the  26th  Div.,  some  of  whose  ex-officers 
refused  to  attend  a  dinner  to  General  Pershing.  They  were 
among  officers  who  had  been  relieved  of  their  commands  in 
France. 

This  matter  of  relationships  between  professional  and 
amateur  officers  is  one  which  could  be  followed  with  consid- 
erable interest.  While  professionals  might  resent  breachs  of 
precious  codes  and  violations  of  vague  ethics,  the  citizen  officer 
was  by  no  means  the  only  one  open  to  criticism.  He  had  his 
code,  too,  the  code  of  the  man  out  in  the  world  among  men, 
and  if  the  truth  is  to  be  indulged  it  must  be  admitted  that  he 
did  not  wholly  approve  of  what  "the  service"  makes  of  a  man 
from  the  specimens  he  met.  The  thing  that  detracted  from 
discipline  among  officers  more  than  anything  else  was  that  the 
civilians,  after  contact  with  the  professional  officer  in  his  own 
element,  believed  themselves  superior  morally,  mentally,  physi- 


cally  and    spiritually — that    is,    in    everything   that   they   had 
learned  to  cherish  as  the  attributes  of  a  man. 

Were  "Almost  Simple" 

On  general  topics  outside  of  military  matters  that  interest 
thinking  people,  the  reserve  officer  found  the  regular  surpris- 
ingly uninformed,  and  this  did  not  serve  to  increase  his  re- 
spect for  him.  As  one  (a  lawyer)  put  it,  "They  are  almost 
simple."  In  comparing  reserve  and  regular  officers,  the  con- 
viction was  general  that  the  latter  did  not  have  the  grasp  on 
their  own  profession  that  the  others  quickly  evinced,  due  to 
the  changes  in  war  methods.  It  is  a  fact  that  when  the  United 
States  Army  went  into  training  to  go  to  France,  the  regular 
officers  were  almost  as  green  as  the  reservists.  Not  only 
that,  but  they  were  handicapped  with  traditions,  a  knowledge 


A    Rough    Day    on    the    Ocean. 

of  and  loyalty  to  old  ways  and  standards.  An  army-bred  man 
is  nothing  if  not  "set"  in  his  habits  of  thought  and  action. 
Changes  are  unwelcome.    It  is  hard  to  learn  new  tricks. 

There  was  a  decided  suspicion  among  reserve  officers  that 
the  accepted  "army  life"  must  have  been  such  as  to  be  deroga- 
tory to  the  individual.  Hard-headed,  narrow-minded,  ill-in- 
formed, visionless,  and  thinking  only  "by  direction,"  the  "reg- 
ular" had  lost  touch  with  the  real,  pulsing  world  and  remained 
in  an  abnormal  community  of  his  own — the  same  today  as 
tomorrow,  ten  years  from  now  or  50  years  ago.  Exceptions, 
of  course,  were  pleasurably  frequent. 

These  observations  are  set  down  as  the  expressed  opin- 
ions of  so  many  reserve  officers  who  in  civil  life  are  men  of 
large  affairs  that  there  is  no  fear  of  perpetuating  a  personal 
conviction  in  a  permanent  book  without  due  support.  What- 
ever lessons  there  may  be  is  left  for  the  reader  to  deduct  for 
himself. 


"Some"  Squad,  This 

Corp.  Frank  B.  Schwack  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  is  properly 
proud  of  his  little  group  of  men,  the  1st  Squad  of  the  1st 
Platoon  of  Co.  C,  339th  M.  G.  Bn.  Here  are  some  of  the 
reasons,  being  records  of  fast  work: 

Going  into  action  from  cart,  mount  the  gun  and  fire  a  shot : 
17  seconds.  Going  into  action  from  cart,  mount  gun  50  yards 
in  front  of  cart  and  fire :  54  seconds.  Going  into  action  from 
cart.  100  yards  from  starting  point  and  fire,  1  minute  37  sec- 
onds. Each  man  on  the  squad  could  assemble  the  Browning 
Machine  gun  blindfolded.  Every  man  could  name  every  part 
of  the  Browning  gun  mechanism  and  also  the  functions  making 
it  automatic.  Every  man,  except  the  corporal,  was  six  feet 
tall  or  taller. 

The  members  of  this  "crack"  outfit,,  besides  Corporal 
Schwack,  were  F.  Lantz,  J.  Downs,  F.  Besser,  P.  Zinter,  A.  C. 
Keniston,  H.  W.  Xickell,  B.  Osborn,  and  Moses  Smith. 

Capt.  Andrew   C  Tvschen   was  company  commander. 


Stories  from  "C"  339th  M.  G. 

Sgt.   Roy  W.  Yates,  instructing  rookies  in   squad  drill, 
halted  the  squad  and,  angered,  said  to  Private  Berglund: 
"Can't  you  hold  that  pivot?" 
(Berglund)  :   "Sir,  I  haven't  been  issued  one  yet." 
Private  Westby  of  "goat"  fame  at  Camp  Dodge,  to  Pvt. 
"Gunboat"  Smith  while  in  "Bloody  Alsace" : 
"Dunboat,   Dunboat,   Didup !    Das!" 
But  there  happened  to  be  no  "gas"  that  time. 


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Personal  Narratives 


It's  all  Amusing — Now 

Say,  buddies  of  old  Co.  B  of  the  Engineers,  remember 
the  old  long  hikes  we  used  to  take  over  the  rocky  roads? 

"Allison,  pull  in  on  your  butt.'' 

"Xcislie.  get  in  step!" 

"Fistcr,  hold  the  pivot."    Oh,  Boy  ! ! 

Then  at  Fontaine,  remember  the  little  French  stove  we 
swiped  and  how  we  used  to  crowd  around  it  at  night,  sing, 
tell  stories,  and  talk  on  every  subject  imaginable? 

At  St.  Mihiel,  our  mess-hall  in  the  square?  The  Christ- 
mas we  spent  there?     Remember  the  "latest  dope?" 

At  Demange,  the  mud  floor  and  the  double  bunks?  And 
"Weinie,"  how  the  boys  used  to  celebrate?  How  we  used  to 
beat  it  across  the  canal  to  get  away  from  the  top? 

Oh,  Bov !  Some  memories,  eh  ? — "Bug"  W.  B.  Fletcher, 
Co.  B,  313th  Eng. 


"Who   Won  the   War?" 

The  88th  had  one  distinction  among  many  of  the  combat 
units  that  got  to  the  front — its  members  did  not  claim  they 
won  the  war.  Most  of  the  other  "outfits"  did.  it  will  be  re- 
called. The  26th,  28th,  35th,  32d,  42d,  33d  and  the  77th— per- 
haps especially  the  77th — ask  almost  any  of  them  who  won  the 
war.  They  will  gladly  volunteer  voluble  information  on  the 
point.  And  it  won't  be  the  answer  the  fellows  used  to  give 
sometimes  for  the  benefit  of  the  red-banded  "cops"  in  Gon- 
drecourt.  They  would  cluster  in  a  tight  group  like  melody 
yodlers  near  a  busy  traffic  corner,  and  the  leader  would  sing 
out  lustily : 


"Who  won  the  war?" 
Then  all  together: 
"The  M.  P.'s!" 
Once  again  the  soloist : 
"Who  backed  them  up?" 
Answer  (double  F)  : 
"The  Y.  M.  C.  A." 

No,  the  88th  didn't  win  the  war  by  its  own  unaided  ef- 
forts, or  get  into  the  worst  of  the  bloody  fighting,  but  for 
some  700  or  so  families  of  soldiers  the  experiences  of  the  Di- 
vision were  as  much  as  the  Marne,  Verdun,  Gallipoli  and  the 
Argonne  rolled  into  one.  It  did  not  make  much  difference  to 
the  mother,  wife,  sweetheart  or  father  whether  the  commu- 
nique read  "There  is  nothing  to  report  from  this  sector,"  or 
"Furious  fighting  took  place;"  when  HIS  life  went  out  the 
most  tragic  battle  in  history  took  place.  It  did  not  lighten  the 
blow  that  he  met  his  death  in  a  "quiet"  sector  or  in  a  losing 
battle  with  the  "flu"  in  some  cold  dingy  billet. 

And  for  hundreds  of  the  men  (which  includes  officers) 
there  was  plenty  of  the  terror  that  tries  men's  souls.  No  one 
knows  how  many  hearts  quaked  or  how  many  learned  again 
how  to  pray.  So  the  man's  name  is  purposely  omitted  from 
the  following  sent  in  by  Cloice  C.  Harrison,  1520  S.  Barrett 
St.,  Sedalia,  Mo. : 


"I   wonder   if 


told    his    folks    about   telling 


Jamison  to  pray  for  him  on  the  night  of  the  bombardment, 
Oct.  12,  1918." 

Private  Blank  was  probably  not  the  only  one  who  secretly 
or  otherwise  desired  supplication  that  night,  and  one  man  when 
put  in  charge  of  a  post  by  Lieut.  "Jack"  Richards  admitted 
that  he  was  too  frightened  to  undertake  it.  Yet  when  the 
test  came  he  proved  a  real  hero  and  was  decorated  for  the  work 
he  did.  It  was  no  disgrace  to  have  shaking  knees  at  first,  but 
the  men  of  the  88th  showed  it  was  not  a  chronic  affliction  with 
them. 


Personal  Narratives 


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Note — Company  Marching  in  Newport  News  is  Co.  H,  not  Co.  A,  as  stated. 


PART  3 


History  of  the  35 2d  Infantry 

By  David  S.  Owen,  First  Lieutenant  Infantry 


Bonnet  (Meuse),  France,  Feb.  15,  1919. 

(Introduction:  Perhaps,  if  this  regimental  history  were  to 
l>.  gin  with  what  may  oe  termed  a  "moral",  light  would  be 
thrown  on  the  regiment's  practise  and  its  hopes  for  how 
inat  practise  would  have  stood  it  in  good  stead. 

The  regiment  wishes,  like  any  regiment  of  real  men 
would  wish,  that  it  had  got  into  the  fight  earlier,  that  it  had 
had  its  chance  at  Chateau  Thierry,  or  in  Flanders  or  in  the 
Argonne.  It  is  believed  that  its  men  would  have  been  brave, 
that  its  training  would  have  told. 

Back  at  Camp  Dodge,  the  regiment  drilled  from  6  A.  M. 
to  7:30  P.  M.  with  the  minimum  of  intervals  for  catching 
its  breath  and  eating  its  meals.  It  put  energy  and  muscle 
and  mind  into  learning  all  that  could  be  learned  on  the  drill 
field  and  in  the  lecture  room  on  how  to  fight.  It  learned 
close  order  drill,  to  shoot,  to  dig.  It  memorized  parapet,  fire- 
step,  trench  depth  dimensions.  It  deployed  at  double  time 
under  every  day's  hot  sun.  It  crawled  on  its  belly  against 
a  thousand  waving  semaphore  flags,  imaginative  representa- 
tions of  German  rear  guard  machine  gunners. 

In  these  prticular  phases  of  fighting  it  developed  that 
the  regiment  was  not  to  have  a  chance  to  show  its  knowledge, 
to  try  its  hand. 

But  one  of  the  things  it  learned  at  Camp  Dodge  and  in 
subsequent  overseas  training  were  the  parts  of  the  Brown- 
ing Automatic  Rifle.  It  learned  to  take  the  gun  down  and 
to  put  it  together  in  less  than  six  minutes:  blindfolded,  it 
learned   to  do   the   same   thing   in  less  than   ten  minutes. 

And,  at  a  quarter  after  six  on  the  morning  of  Oct.  29,  a 
few  months  later  in  1917,  a  crack  Boche  patrol,  an  outfit  of 
Germans  who  did  nothing  but  raiding,  attacked  on  the  heels 
of  a  box  barrage  an  outpost  of  Company  I,  352d  Regiment. 
In  the  quiet  sector  of  Altkirch  in  Alsace,  where  so  many 
American  divisions  have  had  their  first  actual  trench  ex- 
perience. Privates  Harold  H.  Crosby  and  C.  E.  Boyd  were 
on  dutv  at  their  post  in  observation.  Immediately  upon  the 
lifting'of  the  barrage,  thev  were  joined  by  Corporal  Johnson. 
The  corporal  ordered  Boyd  to  the  rear  because  Boyd  was 
badlv  wounded.  He  took  up  Boyd's  automatic  rifle  and  be- 
gan firing.     Crosby  threw  grenades. 

There  were  some  40  of  the  Germans.  They  came  from 
two  directions,  in  single  file.  Crosby  was  wounded  severely 
in  both  arms  and  legs.  The  Germans  were  throwing  hand 
grenades  and  shooting  their  Duger  pistols.  But  th<»  work 
of  the  two  Americans  halted  them.  Then  Corporal  Johnson's 
automatic  jammed.  There  was  sand  in  it.  "Keep  throwing 
them,"  he  commanded  Crosby.  Then  Corporal  Johnson  whip- 
ped down  his  automatic  rifle  across  his  knees,  dissembled  it, 
cleaned  it,  assembled  it  and  took  up  the  fire. 

The  Germans  were  beaten.  They  didn't  kill  or  capture 
him.     They   left   one   prisoner,   and   one   dead. 

No,  the  352d  wasn't  in  at  Chateau  Thierry,  in  Flanders 
or  the  Argonne.  Really,  for  all  its  hard  months  of  prepara- 
tion, it  onlv  touched  actual  swords  with  the  enemy  at  the 
I  Company  outpost.  But  the  regiment  wishes,  as  any  regi- 
ment of  real  men  would  wish,  that  it  had  had  its  big  chance. 
It  believes  that  its  men  would  have  been  brave,  that  its 
training  would  have  told. — D.  S.  O.) 


The  start  of  the  3S2d  Regiment  was  something  like  this: 
Major  Clyde  E.  Hawkins,  then  of  the  Q.  M.  C.  and  Remount 
Service,  was  inspecting  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  a  large  lot  of 
horses  under  consideration  of  purchase  by  the  U.  S.  govern- 
ment, on  the  25th  of  August,  1917.  He  was  examining  a 
curious  fetlock — or  was  it  a  wither?  He  was  handed  a  tele- 
gram from  the  War  Department  at  Washington,  which  an- 
nounced that  he  was  a  colonel  of  infantry,  and  that  he  would 
report  for  duty  with  the  88th  Division  at  Camp  Dodge,  la. 

'The  Colonel  made  his  way  to  the  new  cantonment,  re- 
ported to  General  F.  H.  Plummer,  and  was  informed  that  he 
was  assigned  to  the  352d  Infantry. 

For  several  days  Colonel  Hawkins  was  the  whole  regi- 
ment. Then  Major  Henry  J.  Meyer,  until  recently  captain  of 
a  troop  of  colored  cavalry  that  had  done  notable  service  with 
General  J.  J.  Pershing  in  Mexico  some  months  previous,  re- 
ported to  the  colonel.  Then  there  were  two.  In  a  few  days 
there  reported  Lt.  Col.  Frank  B.  Wickam,  an  infantryman  of 
many  years'  of  service.  The  regiment  was  taking  on  propor- 
tions. 

Colonel  Hawkins  is  commander  of  the  regiment  today. 
He  has  been  on  duty  with  it  every  day  since  the  first  assign- 
ment, except  for  a  short  leave  prior  to  the  regiment's  depar- 
ture overseas.  In  every  way  the  regiment  bears  the  stamp  of 
the  Colonel  upon  it.  It  reflects  his  personality.  It  is  part  and 
parcel  of  him.  Like  those  first  few  days  before  his  subordi- 
nates reported,  it  can  be  said,  in  somewise,  that  he  is  the  regi- 
ment. 


He  was  born  in  Washington,  Pa.,  Nov.  16,  1869.  His  fa- 
ther was  Alexander  Hawkins,  who  enlisted  in  the  Civil  War 
at  the  age  of  17  and  rose  from  the  ranks  to  a  captaincy.  He 
became  a  colonel  of  the  11th  Pa.  Volunteers  and  served  at  that 
regiment's  head  during  the  Spanish-American  War.  Col. 
Alexander  Hawkins  has  had  25  years'  service  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania National  Guard. 

Col.  Clyde  E.  Hawkins  was  educated  at  the  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College  at  Washington,  Pa.,  and  at  the  United 
States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point.  A  brother  went 
through  West  Point  also  and  became  a  colonel  of  the  352d 
Reg.,  89th  Div.,  which  went  through  the  last  phases  of  the 
Argonne  fighting. 

Fought  Utes  and  Moros 

Colonel  Hawkins  was  graduated  from  West  Point  in  1895. 
He  served  his  second  lieutenancy  for  three  years  in  the  United 
States  cavalry.  He  was  promoted  and  transferred  to  the  7th 
Cav.  and  served  with  that  as  platoon  commander  during  the 
Spanish-American  War.  As  a  first  lieutenant  the  colonel  went 
to  the  Philippines  and  took  part  in  the  quelling  of  the  insur- 
rection there.  In  1901  he  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy  of  a 
troop  in  the  2d  Cav.  While  captain  he  had  interesting  expe- 
riences in  1907  campaigning  against  the  Utes  in  South  Dakota, 
and  in  1911  against  the  Moros  of  the  Philippines.  During 
these  years  he  did  the  various  "border"  service  that  almost 
every  army  man  encounters. 

Colonel  Hawkins  became  a  major  in  the  14th  Cav.  July 
1,  1916.  While  at  Bonnet,  France,  he  became  a  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  cavalry.  After  the  mustering  out  of  the  National 
Army,  Colonel  Hawkins  anticipates  returning  to  his  old  serv- 
ice in  the  cavalry. 

Lt.  Col.  Frank  B.  Wickam  was  the  infantryman  of  the 
regiment.  As  Colonel  Hawkins  said  at  an  infantry  dinner. 
"When  we  want  the  true  infantrj'  dope,  we  go  to  Colonel 
Wickham,  and-  we  get  it."  Unfortunately,  the  record  of  his 
services,  as  well  of  those  of  the  regular  army  majors  who 
have  left  the  regiment  are  not  now  obtainable.  Colonel  Wick- 
ham started  from  the  National  Guard  as  an  enlisted  man  27 
or  28  years  ago.  He  later  decided  to  make  the  army  his  pro- 
fession and  passed  the  examination  for  a  commission.  He 
has  seen  long  service  with  the  regular  army.  Colonel  Wick- 
ham was  one  of  the  features  of  the  352d  Reg.  during  his  stay 
with  it.  He  had  much  to  do  with  the  organization  of  the 
unit,  and  with  its  training. 

Capt.  Oscar  A.  Iverson  had  been  picked  the  day  the  re- 
serve officers  reported  for  duty,  Aug.  29,  as  regimental  ad- 
jutant. He  was  a  veteran  in  the  army  and  had  large  expe- 
rience in  paper  work.  For  some  time,  it  will  be  remembered, 
he  was  a  most  busy  man,  performing  single-handed,  the  job 
of  adjutant,  sergeant-major  and  correspondence  clerk. 

Major  Henry  A.  Meyer  was  a  personality  whose  name  is 
still  one  to  conjure  with  in  the  regiment,  and  particularly,  in 
his  battalion — the  first.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  10th  Cav. 
before  receiving  his  assignment  with  ihe  352d  Inf.  as  a  major. 
His  troop  was  selected  as  one  to  go  with  the  Pershing  expe- 
dition into  Mexico  after  bandit  Villa.  Major  Meyer  was  a 
strict  disciplinarian,  but  a  humorous  and  most  likable  man. 
He  won  the  respect  and  quick  obedience  of  his  men. 

Fisher  Leaves  the  Regiment 

Major  Roland  A.  Fisher  was  with  the  regiment  in  com- 
mand of  the  2d  Bn!  only  a  short  time,  his  health  making  an 
assignment  to  a  southern  camp  necessarry.  He  left  the  regi- 
ment in  December,  1917. 

Major  Joseph  H.  Barnard  was  a  team-mate  of  Major 
Meyer.     Together  they  worked  hard  and  enthusiastically  for 


History  of  the  352d  Infantry. 


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the  regiment.  Major  Barnard  was  a  cavalryman  also.  He 
had  started  his  service  in  the  Spanish-American  War.  The 
3d  Bn.  improved  smartly  under  Major  Barnard's  direction.  It 
became  an  organization  of  quick  discipline  and  great  esprit 
de  corps.  Both  majors  were  about  40  years  old.  The  report 
is  that  Major  Meyer  is  now  a  colonel  with  the  26th  Inf.  and 
that  Major  Barnard  a  lieutenant-colonel  with  the  353d  Inf. 
Both  saw  fighting  in  the  Argonne.  Major  Barnard  came  to 
the  regiment  early  in  September. 

In  the  second  week  of  September,  1917,  the  officers  did 
their  first  drilling.  This  deserves  its  separate  paragraph. 
These  were  the  first  reserve  officers  of  the  first  training  camp. 
They  were  something  new.  Something  very  important,  to 
be  sure,  if  America  was  to  do  its  part  efficiently  in  the  war. 
But  they  were  the  "Ninety  Day  Westpointers."  From  law 
practices  and  insurance  selling  they  had  become  captains  and 
lieutenants  in  three  months.  With  what  interest,  curiosity 
and  amusement  Colonel  Hawkins,  Colonel  Wickham  and  Ma- 
jor Meyer  must  have  watched  them  from  their  window  in 
regimental  headquarters ! 

The  first  men  to  come  to  the  regiment  were  the  5  per  cent 
of  the  draft  that  volunteered  to  start  the  ball  rolling  in  the 
great  National  Army  camps.  About  200  of  these  men  arrived 
nearly  two  weeks  in  advance  of  the  regular  draft.  They  were 
men  of  fine  caliber.  Today,  50  of  them  are  still  noncommis- 
sioned officers  with  the  regiment,  ten  are  officers,  and  a  good 
proportion  of  the  others  officer  candidates.  Their  lot  until  the 
first  draft  came  was  a  minimum  of  drill  with  a  maximum  of 
fatigue.  At  this  time,  some  50  regular  army  noncommission- 
ed officers  were  assigned  to  the  regiment. 

The  first  drafted  men  came  on  Sept.  20.  The  officers 
will  never  forget  those  first  roll  calls,  the  first  setting  up  ex- 
ercises, those  first  meals.  The  regimental  strength  jumped 
from  250  to  2,120.  More  than  1,000  of  the  men  were  from 
Northern  Minnesota,  some  400  from  North  Dakota. 

Drill  was  commenced  under  division  schedules.  The  regi- 
ment worked  hard.  Regimental  spirit  was  fostered.  The  3d 
Bn.  marched  past  Division  Headquarters  and  astonished  with 
"Over  There"  sung  in  unison  by  the  entire  battalion,  every 
man  lustily  at  it  and  in  step.  The  regiment  took  it  up,  and 
soon  units  over  the  division  were  noted  for  their  mass  singing. 
The  drilling  by  the  officers  was  done  with  great  enthusiasm — 
why  shouldn't  it  have  been  ?  At  any  moment  might  come  the 
order  to  entrain  for  the  embarkation  point. 

Were  We  Replacements? 

On  Nov.  20,  began  a  succession  of  orders  which  transfer- 
red almost  everyone  of  these  men  to  Camp  Pike,  Ark.  The 
period  following  that  was  one  of  police  guard  and  doubt. 
Were  we  a  unit  in  a  replacement  division?  Some  400  men 
remained  in  the  organization.  The  officers  and  noncommis- 
sioned officers  went  to  school  all  through  the  cold  winter 
months  and  did  guard  duty.  A  guard  detail  would  be  called 
for  from  a  company  at  least  once  a  week,  sometimes  three 
times  a  week.  To  a  number  of  the  now  older  noncommis- 
sioned officers  of  the  regiment,  the  most  lasting  memories  of 
this  may  well  be  those  of  cold  winter  nights  of  1917-1918, 
when  they  walked  post  so  much.  There  were  relieving  fea- 
tures. The  barracks  were  warm.  There  were  some  leaves. 
There  was  the  memorable  Christmas  dinner. 

The  division  schools  for  a  majority  of  the  officers  and  a 
great  number  of  the  noncommissioned  officers,  were  in  gas 
defense,  field  fortifications,  trench  mortar,  musketry,  bayonet 
and  automatic  arms  and  for  the  Headquartrs  Co.  37-Mm.  and 
signal  work.  Already  Colonel  Hawkins  had  evinced  a  par- 
ticular interest  in  the  bayonet  and  had  intimated  that  every 
one  of  the  regiment's  officers  must  become  an  authority  and 
expert  in  the  handling  of  the  weapon.  Battalion  classes  in 
outlined  division  courses  were  held  daily  by  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Wickham  and  Majors  Meyer  and  Barnard  and  the  officers  in 
turn  from  these  schools  would  teach  the  same  subject  matter 
to  the  noncommissioned  officers. 

This  period  of  the  arrival,  training,  and  departure  of  the 
initial  draft  was  a  formative  one  of  the  regiment.  It  ended 
with  the  companies  well  organized,  the  regimental  staff  well 
organized  and  with  the  development  of  a  "considerable  esprit 
de  corps.  During  the  fall  of  1917,  battalion  football  teams 
were  organized ;    the  2d  Bn.  won  a  palm  there.     A  regimental 


team  was  organized  from  those  three,  which  snowed  under 
with  big  scores  the  350th  and  349th  teams  when  it  played 
them.  There  was  also  a  social  function  of  the  352d.  the  first 
dinner-dance  given  by  a  Camp  Dodge  unit  which  had  its  value 
in  promoting  the  regimental  esprit  de  corps  upon  which  the 
colonel  of  the  regiment  set  great  store. 

Major  Meyers  Goes  Overseas 

In  the  latter  part  of  January,  1918.  Major  Meyer  and 
Major  Barnard  were  ordered  overseas.  Major  Barnard's  or- 
der was  revoked.  Major  Meyer  was  succeeded  by  Capt.  Ivan 
J.  Kipp  of  A  Company.  Captain  Kipp  was  to  receive  his  ma- 
jority in  the  following  summer.  Captain  Kipp  was  a  reserve 
captain  at  the  opening  of  the  First  Officers'  Training  Camp 
and  was  commander  of  the  7th  Co.  at  the  first  Ft.  Snelling 
Training  Camp,  the  company  from  which  the  majority  of  the 
352d  officers  came.  Major  Kipp  is  a  resident  of  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  and  a  graduate  of  the  Shattuck  Military  Academy  at 
Owatonna,  Minn. 

In  January  officers  of  the  2d  Officers'  Training  Camp  were 
attached  to  the  regiment.  They  helped  to  drill  the  next  in- 
crement and  remained  on  duty  with  the  regiment  until  late 
in  the  .summer  when  the  majority  of  them  were  transferred 
to  the  Depot  Brigade.  Many  remained  with  the  regiment. 
Those  who  did  and  came  overseas  with  the  unit  and  are  in  it 
now  are : 

Capt.  Howard  G.  Strunk  Capt.  Simon  Ross 

1st  Lt.  Charles  K.  Morse  1st  Lt.  William  E.  Hazelrigg 

1st  Lt.  Earl  E.  Phifer  1st  Lt.  Ralph  C.  McDanel 

1st  Lt.  John  M.  Craig  1st  Lt.  James  B.  Ladd 

1st  Lt.  Owen  A.  Garretson        1st  Lt.  Clifford  C.  Rice 
1st  Lt.  James  E.  Carey  1st  Lt.  Headley  H.  Stuart 

1st  Lt.  Arthur  E.  Gelwick         1st  Lt.  Paul  G.  Balcar 
2d  Lt.  Alfred  S.  Davis 

In  the  preceding  November,  Captain  Mohler  had  been  as- 
signed to  the  captaincy  of  F  Company  to  replace  Capt.  Sey- 
mour Wells,  and  Captain  Freitag  to  H  Company  to  replace 
Capt.  Percy  Bordwell  who  went  to  the  Division  Inspector's 
office.  In  January  Captain  Strunk  went  to  G  Company  to  fill 
the  vacancy  there  created  by  the  transfer  of  Captain  Garrett 
and  sometime  afterwards  Captain  Ross  to  K  Company  to  re- 
place  Captain  Edwin. 

Captain  Verl  A.  Ruth  had  become  regimental  adjutant  in 
November,  Captain  Iversen  went  to  the  command  of  Head- 
quarters Co.  and  Captain  Sarles  from  that  company  to  the 
command  of  I  Company.  Assistant  Regimental  Adjutant  Don- 
ald F.  Hall  had  become  adjutant  of  the  2d  Bn.  and  in  January 
Lt.  Donald  A.  McGregor  became  adjutant  of  the  3d  Bn.  Lieu- 
tenant Shepherd,  formed  adjutant,  went  to  L  Company.  Lt. 
Frank  B.  Appleby  became  1st  Bn.  adjutant,  Lieutenant  Garver 
going  to  the  command  of  D  Company. 

In  March  Lieut.  William  H.  Beebe  and  Walter  T.  Potts 
became  first  lieutenants.  On  January  4  took  place  the  first 
promotions  in  the  regiment,  the  following  walking  up  to  Divi- 
sion Headquarters  and  exchanging  their  gold  bars  for  silver 
ones : 


Frank  B.  Appleby 
Nelson  F.  Coburn 
John  M.  Dougherty 
Chester  P.  Haycock 
John  W.  Schrader 
Turlev  Cook 
Donald  F.  Hall 
Robert  A.  Livingstone 
David  S.  Owen 


William   L.   Hassett 
Myles  W.  Gahan 
George  Yates 
Henry  J.  Kroeger 
Thomas  P.  O'Connor 
Winfield  O.  Shrum 
Donald  A.  McGregor 
Mount  Burns 
Lucien  H.  Hurt 


Second  Increment  Men  Arrive 

The  second  draft  increment  came  to  the  regiment  Feb.  27, 
1918.  There  were  1,900  men.  They  were  fine  men  who  dif- 
fered noticably  from  the  men  of  the  other  increment  because 
a  large  proportion  of  them  were  city  and  town  men.  Because 
the  officers  were  much  more  experienced  in  drill  mastering 
and  there  was  a  personnel  of  noncommissioned  officers  to  help 
much  more  rapid  progress  was  made  with  this  increment  than 
the  preceding  one.  The  quick  learning  of  close  order  drill 
by  these  men  were  remarkable.  Again,  ther  was  faith  that 
we  would  go  over  soon  and  with  the  men  we  were  drilling. 


History  of  the  352r>  Infantry. 


The  regimental  "pep''  meeting  was  held  at  the  Libert}'  Theatre 
in  Camp  Dodge.  The  colonel,  lieutenant-colonel  and  French 
and  British  officers  and  others  spoke.  There  was  a  minstrel 
show  by  talent  picked  from  the  new  men.  Each  company  had 
its  yell.  That  night  the  officers  and  men  went  home,  hoarse 
and  hearty  members  of  the  352d. 

Then  came  a  succession  of  orders  that  transferred  almost 
every  man  of  this  new  draft.  By  April  6  the  regiment  had 
returned  to  a  low  ebb  strength,  this  time  mustering  out  about 
600  men.  Those  men  went  to  infantry  divisions  and  engi- 
neer units.  Those  who  went  to  the  infantry  divisions  saw  fight- 
ing in  a  short  time.  There  were  men  who  left  the  3S2d  in 
April  who  were  among  those  replacements  hurried  up  past 
Chateau  Thierry  to  Belleau  and  Bcuresche  Woods  in  July  to 
take  the  place  of  the  men  who  had  gone  down  in  a  magnifi- 
cent stopping  of  the  Boche.  This  was  ascertained  by  the  casu- 
alty list  which  appeared  later  and  in  which  many  names  were 
recognized  in  Camp  Dodge  orderly  rooms  as  being  men  of 
the  February  increment.  Names  of  other  men  from  the  1917 
draft  had  already  appeared  in  casualty  lists  from  time  to 
time. 

The  352d  worked  conscientiously  and  are  proud  of  these 
men  whom  they  have  trained. 

It  was  in  the  last  days  of  this  draft's  leaving  that  the 
regiment  started  its  large  bayonet  course,  ending  in  a  1,000- 
inch  range,  the  biggest  and  best  course  at  Camp  Dodge. 

Shooting  Is  Taken  Up 

Now  comes  the  period  of  push  and  pull.  Instead  of  re- 
lapsing into  a  stalemate  because  for  the  second  time  we  had 
driven  in  upon  us  the  information  that  we  were  members  of 
a  replacement  division,  regimental  headquarters  started  in 
to  make  the  regiment  a  crack  shooting  regiment  in  six  weeks. 
From  early  to  late  we  did  position  and  aiming,  drill,  loaded 
and  unloaded  dummy  cartridges,  went  through  coixrses  of 
shooting  with  the  French  aiming  device,  listened  to  lectures 
on  ballistics  and  the  indispensibility  of  a  correct  trigger  squeeze 
and  finally  ended  with  the  completion  of  the  actual  regulation 
firing  course  on  the  range.  The  members  of  the  regiment  will 
recall  those  umbrous  times  when  the  pit  detail  moved  out  into 
the  darkness,  the  firing  line  followed  at  1,000  yards  and  with 
the  dawn  the  first  targets  showed  their  heads  and  the  Model 
1917  began  to  pop. 

D  Company  led  the  field  in  shooting  records,  M  coming 
second.  The  best  individual  record  was  made  by  Cook  Ickler 
of  Co.  B  with  a  328  score  out  of  a  possible  400.  Sgt.  Maurice 
Olson  of  Co.  L  shot  second,  with  317.  The  500-yard  range 
was  in  the  course.  This  was  also  the  period  of  the  "Model 
Company."  This  was  composed  of  all  the  noncommissioned 
officers  from  all  the  companies.  It  was  a  crack  outfit,  and 
was  designed  to  harden  the  NCO's,  to  teach  them  the  hew 
open  order,  and  to  furnish  a  model  for  the  infantry  com- 
panies with  the  new  drafts.  Capt.  Charles  W.  Briggs  was  its 
commander.  The  lieutenants  were  Hyatt,  Appleby,  Haycock, 
Beguhn  and  Rice. 

Bayonet  work  was  under  full  swing  then,  too.  Officers 
went  to  a  four-hour  class  which  was  begun  then  and  continued 
all  summer  under  Lieutenant  Haycock.  The  noncommissioned 
officers  would  receive  special  training  in  it  after  coming  home 
from  the  day's  work  with  the  model  company. 

It  was  at  this  time  that  Regimental  Headquarters  was 
looking  at  the  company  kitchens  so  closely,  through  the  eyes 
of  the  regimental  mess  officer,  Lieut.  Elmer  J.  Waller  and 
the  colonel  himself.  There  was  a  war  department  telegram 
that  said  the  kitchens  in  Camp  Dodge  were  the  best  regulated 
of  any  cantonment  in  the  United  States,  and  a  regimental 
memorandum  with  a  quotation  from  Capt.  Ben  E.  Easton, 
division  mess  inspector,  saying  that  the  kitchens  of  the  352d 
were  the  best  regulated  in  the  88th. 

Men  Come  and  Go  Again 

The  next  drafted  men  to  the  number  of  1,900  came  the 
last  days  of  April.  They  were  gone  by  May  18,  however.  A 
few  of  these  men  were  retained  as  noncommissioned  officer 
material.  Really,  the  regiment  was  never  deeply  interested 
in  the  draft  increment,  try  to  be  as  it  might.     The  men  came 


as  "attached"  from  the  Depot  Brigade.  The  regiment  knew 
from  the  start  that  it  was  not  to  retain  them  and  the  officers 
found  it  impossible  to  put  the  enthusiasm  into  their  teaching, 
as  they  had  formerly  done. 

But  the  wait  was  short.  A  change  in  disposition  came 
soon.  A  rumor  got  about  that  the  big,  and  at  that  time  suc- 
cessful, German  drive  had  caused  a  tremendous  steaming  up 
of  transporting  divisions  across  seas.  There  were  stories, 
authentic,  that  Camp  Funston  was  vacated  by  the  89th.  A 
fourth  draft  increment  came  surprisingly  soon.  By  May  13 
the  regiment  had  received  1,700  new  men.  They  were  novel- 
ties. The  largest  percentage  was  from  Missouri,  the  remain- 
der from  Iowa.  Moreover,  the  colonel  said  they  were  the 
men  we  would  go  over  the  top  with.  On  the  last  day  of  June 
900  men  came,  almost  entirely  from  North  Dakota.  Imme- 
diately, week  by  week,  beginning  with  the  arrival  of  the  "Mis- 
sourians,"  the  schedules  of  drill  began  enlarging.  Up  at  Divi- 
sion Headquarters,  no  doubt,  there  was  actual  knowledge  that 
the  unit  was  to  move  overseas  in  the  near  future. 

The  pressure  was  started.  It  was  felt  in  every  corner  of 
the  camp.  The  nation  set  the  clock  ahead  one  hour.  The 
regiment  counted  noses  of  officers  at  reveille  and  retreat  for- 
mation. It  was  hot  and  everyone  slept  in  the  camp  by  order. 
The  band  members  arose  at  4:25  A.  M.  (really  3:25  A.  M.) 
and  played  "Liberty  Bell"  and  other  selections  before  reveille, 
which  was  at  4:45  A.  M.  The  regiment  marched  at  6  A.  M. 
from  the  firebreak  to  the  drill  field.  It  drilled  until  dinner. 
Then  there  was  a  parade  with  band  music.  Followed  a  march 
home,  and  30  minutes  to  get  ready  for  retreat.  Then  retreat 
and  inspection. 

Immediately  came  supper,  followed  by  one  hour  of  push 
and  pull.  Then  we  marched  over  to  the  firebreak  and  to  the 
Liberty  Theatre  to  witness  in  a  third  degree  sweat  box  tem- 
perature, West  Point  cadets  do  "squads  right"  in  eleven 
counts.  Finally  home  and  nothing  to  do  till  tomorrow.  Every 
third  day  a  battalion  marched  to  thefiring  range  and  worked 
all  day  there,  using  the  large  amount  of  practice  ammunition 
which  was  furnished. 

Regimental  Strength  at  Highest 

During  this  time  of  heat  and  sandstorms  and  hard  work, 
men  began  arriving  by  transfer  from  the  Depot  Brigade  at 
Camp  Funston.  By  July  21,  400  men  had  joined  the  regiment. 
The  regimental  strength  was  now  3,500,  the  highest  it  had 
ever  been. 

The  signs  of  overseas  service  soon  were  unmistakable. 
There  were  physical  examinations  of  men  and  officers.  Many 
officers  were  transferred  to  the  Depot  Brigade.  There  was 
an  issue  of  new  equipment  and  constant  checking  over  of 
what  each  company  had.  There  was  much  preparation  for  a 
field  inspection.  This  was  made  by  Col.  H.  C.  Williamson  of 
the  inspector  general's  department  in  July.  The  regiment 
was  pronounced  fit  for  overseas  service. 

Trunk  lockers  were  painted  "A.  E.  F."  and  packed.  The 
last  arrangements  in  U.  S.  A.  were  completed.  An  advance 
party  left  for  A.  E.  F.  schools  in  France  July  25. 

During  the  summer  there  were  some  changes  in  officer 
personnel  Lieut.  Colonel  Wickham,  who  in  February  had  been 
put  in  direct  charge  of  the  2d  Bn.,  was  transferred  by  War 
Department  order  May  20  to  Camp  Hancock,  Ga.  The  col- 
onel said  he  was  very  sorry  to  go,  for  he  had  developed  a 
great  affection  and  respect  for  the  regiment.  Certain  it  was 
that  the  regiment  had  done  this  for  him  and  felt  that  his  loss 
could  never  be  made  up.  Many  times  since,  overseas  mem- 
bers of  the  regiment  have  expressed  the  need  for  the  steady 
guiding  hand  of  "Daddy"  Wickham. 

Stone  Joins  the  Regiment 

The  3d  Bn.  also  had  lost  that  brilliant  soldier  who  had  so 
tirelessly  built  up  its  organization,  discipline  and  esprit  de 
corps.  Major  Joseph  H.  Barnard,  who  became  a  lieutenant 
colonel  in  July,  was  transferred  to  Camp  Grant,  III.,  June  24. 
Lt.  Col.  Charles  B.  Stone,  who  had  become  known  to  (he  offi- 
cers of  the  regiment  through  his  command  of  the  "Model  Bat- 
talion" and  through  his  conduct  of  the  officers'  school,  came 
to  the  regiment  from  the  349th  Inf.  July  2. 

Major  Barnard  was  succeeded  by  Major  Alexander  WW- 


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son,  from  Ft.  Snclling  and  the  36th  Div.  He  was  a  regular 
army  man  who  immediately  took  part  in  the  hard  training  of 
the  3d  Bn.  Major  Wilson  was  destined  to  remain  long  a 
member  of  the  regiment,  but  to  be  away  from  it  for  several 
months.  He  was  directed  in  the  latter  part  of  July  to  pro- 
ceed to  France  and  afterward  was  at  the  Langres  Staff 
Schools.  Major  Wilson  was  born  in  Farrington,  Mo.,  Feb. 
18,  1885.  He  was  graduated  from  the  United  States  Naval 
Academy  at  Annapolis  but  did  not  follow  at  once  the  military 
profession.  He  entered  the  4th  U.  S.  Inf.  as  a  second  lieuten- 
ant in  1911,  became  a  first  lieutenant  in  1916  and  served  with 
the  36th  and  46th  Inf.  Regiments.  He  became  a  captain  May 
15,  1917,  and  a  major  June  8,  1918.  He  participated  in  the 
Vera  Cruz  expedition  and  did  Mexican  and  border  service  in 
1914  and  1916. 

Capt.  George  H.  Russ,  Jr.,  who  had  been  doing  notable 
and  efficient  work  as  regimental  supply  officer,  had  been  made 
major  May  24  and  had  succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  2d 
Bn.  Major  Russ  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  July  13,  1880.  He 
was  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Scanton,  Pa.  and  from 
the  college  of  law  of  Cornell  University.  He  had  had  con- 
siderable experience  previous  to  this  as  an  enlisted  man  in 
the  Pennsylvania  National  Guard,  serving  with  the  13th  Penn- 
slyvania  Volunteers  during  the  Spanish-American  War  and 
subsequently  in  the  Guard  as  both  first  sergeant  and  second 
lieutenant.  In  1905  he  became  a.  North  Dakotan,  going  into 
business  at  Bismarck,  where  he  is  vice-president  of  the  Bis- 
marck Bank.  He  was  commissioned  captain  from  the  First 
Officers'  Training  Camp. 

In  July,  Lieut.  C.  C.  Snead  was  promoted  to  the  captaincy 
of  the  Supply  Co.  and  experienced  the  outfitting  of  the  regi- 
ment and  the  preparation  for  shipment  of  its  effects  overseas 
in  the  last  days. 

In  the  preceding  May  Captain  Loye  had  been  transferred 
to  the  Depot  Brigade  and  in  April,  the  command  of  E  Com- 
pany, had  gone  to  Capt.  Walter  F.  Beyer.  Lieutenant  Hyatt 
was  promoted  to  a  captaincy  and  assigned  to  A  Company  Aug. 
1,  and  Lieutenant  Haycock  was  treated  likewise  and  assigned 
to  C  Company  on  the  same  date.  Lieutenant  Andrews  became 
Captain  Andrews  July  20  and  2d  Lieut.  Hutchinson,  1st  Lieut. 
Hutchinson.  Lieutenant  Graham  also  was  promoted  to  a  first 
and  assigned  to  the  Supply  Co.  August  2. 

Regimental  Exchange  Started 

The  narrative  should  stop  here,  too,  to  give  a  word  about, 
that  most  well  known  Camp  Dodge  institution,  the  352d  In- 
fantry Exchange.  With  a  $1,000  barber  shop  and  tailoring  es- 
tablishment, the  only  ones  of  their  kind  in  the  camp,  and  with 
a  store  twice  as  spacious  as  any  other  at  Dodge,  the  exchange 
was  indeed  a  feature  not  to  be  omitted  in  this  history.  It 
was  run  by  Lieut.  John  M.  Dougherty.  When  it  closed  up  its 
affairs  in  July,  it  turned  over  to  the  regimental  fund  as  net 
profits,  $28,000 — a  larger  sum  than  any  other  regimental  ex- 
change was  able  to  muster. 

Now,  to  resume  the  narrative.  We  are  oriented  at  the 
date  July  31,  place,  Camp  Dodge.  The  regiment  knows  a  great 
deal  of  close  orders.  The  men  from  Funston  have  had  only 
two  weeks  of  our  training,  but  previously  at  Funston  they  hail 
received  three  weeks  of  close  order  training.  The  North  Da- 
kota men  had  had  some  six  weeks  of  the  most  strenuous  work 
in  their  existence  and  the  Missouri  and  Iowa  increment,  eight 
weeks.  The  men  could  march,  could  make  and  carry  light  and 
heavy  packs,  could  drill,  handle  the  bayonet  with  skill,  and 
could  get  a  gas  mask  on  within  seven  seconds,  knew  something 
of  gas,  and  could  shoot.  This  last  accomplishment  they  were 
really  adept  at,  almost  all  of  them  having  brought  to  the  can- 
tonment an  amateur  experience  and  a  native  familiarity  with 
the  rifle.  They  had  learned  much  of  discipline.  In  the  many 
battalion  parades  and  regimental  ceremonies  they  had  caught 
the  idea  of  military  smartness  and  learned  of  military  show 
and  pride.  The  men  knew  practically  nothing  of  open  order 
drill,  of  actual  grenades,  hand  and  rifle,  and  the  field  officers 
had  had  no  practice  with  the  regiment  in  maneuvers. 

The  overseas  orders  came  the  first  week  in  August.  The 
1st  Bn.  entrained  at  Camp  Dodge  Aug.  8,  the  2d  and  3d  Bat- 
talions, the  day  following.  Headquarters  Co.  and  Machine 
Gun  Co.  left  on  the  8th  and  the  Supply  Co.  on  the  9th. 

Two  companies  made  the  trip  to  Camp  Mills  on  a  separate 


train.  There  were  several  routes  taken  to  the  port,  but  the 
experience  of  the  companies  were  only  slightly  different.  All 
were  alike  in  that  it  seemed  the  American  nation  was  down 
at  every  station  to  see  the  trains  come  in  and  go,  to  cheer  the 
men,  to  wave  them  to  success.  The  stodgiest  private  in  the 
regiment,  the  least  Americanized  one  of  the  immigrant  mem- 
bers caught  fire  and  meaning  from  that  trip  across  the  con- 
tinent.    Men  learned  what  America  is. 

Tears  in  Women's  Eyes 

Elderly  Red  Cross  women  shook  hands  with  the  men 
atid  officers  at  the  stations,  some  with  tears  in  their  eyes  in 
memory  of  their  own  sons  already  across.  Red  Cross  girls 
astonished  everyone  with  their  good  looks,  clever  costumes, 
hot  coffee.  Farmers  waved  from  their  farm  wagons,  farm 
girls  from  doorsteps,  city  bred  populations  from  street  cross- 
ings as  the  trains  passed  through  their  cities.  Every  man  had 
a  berth,  every  officer  a  compartment.  The  government  is  to 
be  thanked  for  its  generosity  and  compliments  for  its  astute- 
ness for  that  swift,  happy  ride  across  the  continent.  Men 
and  officers  arrived  at  the  port  of  embarkation  more  enthu- 
siastic Americans  than  they  ever  were  before.  It  was  a  fitting 
climax  to  the  training  on  the  home  ground. 

The  regiment  stayed  three  days  at  Camp  Mills.  The  Sup- 
ply Co.  worked  long  hours  in  outfitting  the  men  with  overseas 
caps,  spiral  puttees,  uniforms,  and  overcoats,  hobnail  shoes 
and  three  days'  reserve  rations.  Company  Headquarters  work- 
ed day  and  night  on  passenger  lists.  There  were  physical  ex- 
aminations. Measles  and  other  causes  lost  to  the  regiment 
here  177  men.  K  Company  lost  its  first  platoon,  headquarters 
lost  heavily,  M  Company  was  spirited  away  to  Philadelphia  at 
4  A.  M.  of  August  14.  It  went  aboard  the  "City  of  Exeter" 
at  daybreak  and  sailed  for  New  York  Harbor  that  day.  By 
the  next  morning  a  fleet  had  sprung  up  around  it.  There  were 
13  other  vessels,  carrying  for  the  most  part  units  of  the  88th 
Div.  On  the  S.  S.  Ascanius,  boarded  on  August  15,  was  the 
Supply,  Machine  Gun  and  Headquarters  Companies,  1st  Bn. 
and  Regimental  Headquarters.  On  the  S.  S.  Ulysses  was  the 
2d  Bn.  and  the  remainder  of  the  3d.  The  U.  S.  Cruiser  St. 
Louis  accompanied  the  fleet  across  the  ocean.  The  fleet  was 
escorted  out  of  New  York  harbor  to  the  completion  of  the 
first  day's  voyage  by  a  convoy  of  destroyers,  hydroplanes  and 
dirigible  balloons.  Ten  days  after  its  leaving  the  harbor,  it 
was  ushered  into  the  Irish  sea  by  a  flotilla  of  destroyers  and 
submarine  chasers. 

The  transatlantic  trip  was  cold  and  memorable.  The  men 
were  crowded  but  none  was  seasick.  The  food  was  substan- 
tial. The  majesty  of  the  convoy,  the  oddity  of  its  circus-float 
camouflage,  the  wonder  of  the  scene  with  its  possibility  of 
U-boats  and  sinkings ;  will  most  likely  remain  the  most  lasting 
memories  of  the  voyage  to  the  members  of  the  regiment. 

One  night,  off  Newfoundland  way,  a  gunner  on  the  City 
of  Exeter  cracked  an  iceberg  in  two  with  one  shot  from  his 
bow-  gun.  Another  time  an  Ascanius  lookout  reported  a  sub- 
marine dead  ahead.  Other  than  that,  the  submarine  danger 
was  never  realized. 

Lookouts  Furnish  "Memories" 

The  guards  and  the  lookouts  furnished  the  men  with  ex- 
tra memories  of  the  trip.  Captain  Schenk  was  boat  com- 
mander of  the  city  of  Exeter,  Lt.  W.  T.  Potts  was  adjutant 
of  it. 

On  Aug.  28,  12  days  after  the  date  of  sailing,  the  regi- 
ment, less  M  Company,  debarked  at  Liverpool.  That  city's 
citizens  gave  an  enthusiastic  and  genuine  welcome;  the  Kins 
of  England,  a  personal  letter  to  each  man. 

That  afternoon  the  battalions,  each  on  a  separate  train, 
entrained  for  Winchester.  England,  with  its  beautiful  coun- 
tryside and  lovely  villages  was  a  surprise  to  the  Americans. 
They  were  seeing  the  "Old  Country"  and  it  was  rather  better 
than  they  had  dreamed. 

But  rest  camps  were  to  revise,  in  part,  their  new  opin- 
ions. Winchester  was  reached  at  night.  Camp  Winnaldowns. 
there,  was  described  by  the  Headquarters  Co.  historian  as 
distinguished  "by  its  complete  and  full  lack  of  any  appurte- 
nances that  would  tend  to  rest  the  human  body." 

The  following  morning,  Aug.  29,  the  battalions  set  out  for 


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Southampton.  By  night  all  had  embarked  for  Le  Havre.  The 
channel  trip  was  a  hard  one.  The  boats  were  small,  and  offi- 
cers and  men  slept  sitting  up,  if  they  slept  at  all.  The  mal  de 
mer,  up  to  then  unknown,  visited  the  regiment  that  night. 

The  land  at  Le  Havre  was  made  Aug.  30.  The  march  to 
an  American  rest  camp,  four  miles  away,  at  the  top  of  a  not 
easily  forgotten  hill,  was  made.  Le  Havre  with  its  picturesque 
sea,  cobblestone  streets,  flowery  suburban  homes,  was  thus  the 
second  of  a  long  list  of  foreign  cities  that  these  men  from  the 
United  States'  Middle  West  were  to  visit.  At  this  rest  camp 
there  was  a  night's  rest  in  conical  tents,  and  baths  for  some 
of  the  companies.  Also,  by  an  order  of  the  camp  commander, 
the  men  were  deprived  of  their  overcoats.  Supply  sergeants 
and  company  commanders  will  recall  the  ease  with  which  this 
was  done  in  this  new  land  of  no  accountability. 

From  here  the  regiment  entrained  by  battalions  for  the 
department  of  Cote  D'Or,  of  which  Dijon  is  the  principal  city. 
It  was  a  wearying  journey.  The  men  rode  in  box-cars.  These 
are  vehicles  which  declares  a  capacity  of  40  men  or  eight 
horses.  The  trip  involved  much  changing  of  railroad  lines. 
The  victualing  of  the  men  in  the  cars  was  done  by  dividing 
the  rations  at  the  start  of  the  trip  fairly,  and  letting  each  car 
take  care  of  its  own  meals  en  route. 

Co.  M,  which  had  been  carried  past  Liverpool  during  these 
days,  was  considered  lost  by  Regimental  Headquarters.  As  a 
matter  of  fact  it  was  progressing  very  well.  The  City  of 
Exeter  was  taken  to  Manchester  down  the  Manchester  ship 
canal.  The  boat  traveled  very  slowly  down  this  canal,  and 
the  English  people  crowded  the  sides  all  the  way.  Children 
ran  for  miles,  following  the  boat  and  catching  the  coins  which 
the  men,  living  up  to  the  reputation  that  every  American  is  a 
millionaire,  were  throwing  down  to  them.  One  Englishwoman 
followed  the  boat  for  two  miles,  wheeling  a  baby-carriage,  with 
one  occupant,  before  her.  M  Company  went  through  South- 
hampton and  Le  Havre  and  found  most  of  the  regiment  en- 
camped in  pup  tents  in  the  town  of  Les  Laumes,  (Cote  D'Or) 
the  night  of  Sept.  3. 

Pup  Tents  Pitched  in  Dark 

This  pitching  of  pup  tents  by  the  battalions  was  interest- 
ing. It  was  done  in  the  dark  after  the  long  journey  followed 
by  a  few  kilometers'  march,  and  75  per  cent  of  the  men  had 
never  pitched  pup  tents,  even  in  the  daylight. 

From  Les  Laumes  the  battalions  marched  to  their  first 
"billeting  areas."  It  was  their  first  hike  in  France,  and  as  it 
has  come  to  be,  the  pleasantest  and  most  interesting.  Cote 
D'Or  is  a  beautiful  province.  There  were  lovely,  plaited  val- 
leys, high  surrounding  hills,  roads  between  avenues  of  pop- 
lars, winding  creeks  and.  old  canals.  The  villages  were  old 
and  interesting.  The  people  of  Cote  D'Or  were  most  hospi- 
table, most  curious  about  and  interested  in  these  newcomers, 
"ces  Antericains."  It  was  the  first  time  that  they  had  billeted 
soldiers.  They  were  generous  and  started  the  352d  Americans 
on  a  cordial  and  friendly  footing  with  the  French  people. 

First  Battalion  Headquarters  was  established  at  Les 
Granges,  with  A  and  B  Companies.  C  and  D  Companies  were 
at  Grignon.  Second  Bn.  Headquarters  with  E  and  F  Com- 
panies went  to  Menetroux,  and  G  Co.  to  Eringes  and  H  to 
Bussey  le  Grande.  Third  Bn.  Headquarters  went  to  Alise  St. 
Reine,  an  old,  historic  village,  scene  of  the  defeat  by  Caesar's 
legions  of  the  Gallic  leader,  Vercingetorix,  and  also  famous  be- 
cause of  its  waters  which  at  one  time  were  visited  by  people 
from  all  over  France,  who  believed  in  their  sacred  healing 
power.  I,  K  and  L  were  here  also.  M  and  the  Machine  Gun 
Co.  were  at  Gresigny.  Headquarters  and  Supply  Companies 
were  at  Bussey  le  Grande. 

The  colonel  was  billeted  in  the  magnificient  chateau  of 
Count  Rubutin.  It  was  a  wonderful  place,  but  it  was  two 
kilometers  from  headquarters  office,  so  the  colonel  changed 
his  billet  to  a  room  in  the  village. 

Here  in  Cote  D'Or  was  the  first  message  center  develop- 
ment. By  means  of  company  runners,  Bussey  le  Grande  kept 
in  close  touch  -with  the  other  villages.  Here  began  the  first 
training  under  A.  E.  F.  general  orders,  one  of  which  will  be 
remembered  to  run  "inclement  weather  will  not  be  allowed  to 
interfere." 

Whether  we  would  be  in  the  trenches  in  fortnight  or  a 
two-month  was  not  known.     Reeimental  Headciuarters  applied 


pressure  to  the  training.  There  was  one  concentration 
maneuver  at  which  the  colonel  assembled  the  officers  and  in- 
sisted on  a  renewed  hard  schedule. 

In  Cote  D'Or  the  regiment  received  its  quota  of  automatic 
rifles  and  Browning  machine  guns.  The  officers  and  noncom- 
missioned officers  began  the  instructing  of  the  automatic 
squads  in  the  nomenclature,  dissembling  and  assembling  of 
these  arms.  The  machine  gunners  started  in  almost  immediate- 
ly to  shoot  them,  on  a  range  constructed  on  a  mountain  top. 
The  formation  of  the  automatic  squads  necessitated  a  reorg- 
ization  of  the  infantry  companies. 

The  companies  here  completed  their  organization  of  their 
rifle  grenadier  squads,  rifle  squads,  and  liaison  groups  in 
accordance  with  the  general  training  pamphlet,  "802."  In 
compliance  with  a  four  weeks'  course  of  training  laid  down 
by  A.  E.  F.  headquarters,  there  was  begun  the  training  of 
these  specialists.  Bayonet  work,  close  order  and  position  and 
aiming  drill  still  featured  the  program.  Open  order  was 
practiced  daily  in  exactly  the  formations  "802."  The  various 
phases  of  combat  there  given  were  followed  through.  There 
was  also  advance  guard  and  outpost  work.  Loading  with  ball 
cartridges  was  practiced.  Some  companies  showed  particular 
initiative  here,  and  overcame  the  difficulties  and  established 
small  rifle  ranges. 

Supply  Company  has  Test 

It  was  here  that  the  Supply  Co.  had  its  first  overseas  test, 
a  stiff  one;  its  officers  and  men  worked  long  hours  and  spent 
worried  moments  on  how  to  get  the  rations  to  the  companies. 
That  the  companies  never  had  a  scarcity  of  supplies,  nor  a 
marked  hitch  in  the  regularity  with  which  rations  came  in  is 
proof  that  the  Supply  Co.  met  its  test  successfully. 

Bussey  le  Grande  was  15  kilometers  from  Grignon  and 
the  1st  Bn.  The  2d  and  3d  lay  between.  It  was  also  15  kilo- 
meters from  the  musty,  Oliver  Goldsmith  village  of  Merigny, 
at  which  was  established  the  rail-head,  the  place  where  the 
rations  came  to.  The  Supply  Co.  did  not  have  a  wheel.  All 
equipment  other  than  personal  had  been  turned  in  at  Camp 
Dodge  with  the  expectation  that  a  refurnishing  would  be  made 
at  the  port  of  debarkation.  There  were  26  trucks  in  the  div- 
ision. By  a  constant  clamour  for  these  trucks  by  the  Supply 
Co.,  and  a  clever  utilizing  of  them  so  that  they  rarely  traveled 
empty  by  the  division  transport  department,  the  rations  and 
supplies  were  got  around  daily  to  the  companies. 

The  assembling  of  the  officers'  trunk  lockers  at  Merigny 
where  they  were  to  lay  for  months  in  a  deserted  wine  factory 
guarded  by  a  Robinson  Crusoe  detachment  from  the  Supply 
Co.  was  another  test  which  the  Company  accomplished.  The 
fact  that  gas  masks  and  steel  helmets  did  not  get  to  the  com- 
panies before  they  left  for  a  "restricted  area"  was  because 
these  articles  did  not  arrive. 

It  was  in  Cote  D'Or,  far  from  the  dry  state  of  Iowa,  that 
the  regiment  made  its  first  general  acquaintance  with  the 
French  light  wines.  It  was  the  first  experience  for  company 
officers  with  men  who  had  not  found  them  so  very  light. 
When  the  companies  came  to  leave  their  billets,  these  hospi- 
table French  people  were  generous  with  the  light  wines. 

Traveling  orders  came  two  weeks  after  the  arrival  of 
the  regiment  in  their  Cote  D'Or  billeting  areas.  The  men 
and  many  of  the  officers  believed  that  the  regiment  was  go- 
ing up  in  front  to  occupy  reserve  positions.  In  reality  we 
were  headed  for  the  Belfort  training  area  in  Alsace. 

Headquarters  and  Supply  Companies  entrained  at  Les 
Laumes  on  the  now  familiar  box-car  trains  with  their  tight 
little  third-class  coaches  for  officers  on  Sept.  15.  They  de- 
trained at  Hericourt  and  Belfort,  Headquarters  marching  14 
kilometers  in  a  hot  sun  to  Meroux,  Supply  Co.  remaining  at 
Belfort  for  two  days  and  then  going  to  Vczelois.  and  later  to 
Moval. 

Vyans  Proves  Too  Dirty 

The  1st  Bn.  left  Les  Laumes  Sept.  16,  detrained  at  Heri- 
court and  marched  to  Vyans  and  Lairc.  A  and  B  with  1st  Bn. 
Headquarters  went  the  next  day  to  Tremoins,  Vyans  proving 
too  dirty  and  too  small  a-  place. 

The  3d  Bn.  left  next  in  order  from  Les  Laumes.  departing 


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at  1  A.  M.,  Sept.  15  and  arriving  at  5  P.  M.  at  Belfort.  It 
marched  to  Vezelois,  arriving  in  trie  dark. 

The  second  battalion  and  the  Machine  Gun  Co.  left  the 
day  of  Sept.  16  and  detrained  at  Belfort  Sept  17  at  10 :30  P.  M. 
Here  air  raid  warnings  were  sounded  and  the  men  were 
hustled  into  the  caves  "at  the  station.  A  French  officer  in- 
formed the  train  Commanders  that  this  had  to  be  done.  When 
the  men  returned  it  was  to  find  that  a  large  part  of  the  rations 
had  been  stolen. 

That  night  in  the  dark,  the  Machine  Gun  Co.  marched 
eight  kilometers  to  Moval,  and  the  2d  Bn.  three  kilometers  to 
Bermont.  Here  E  Company  was  billeted,  the  other  three 
companies  marching  on  to  Tretudans. 

The  3d  Battalion's  experience  that  night  was  singular.  By 
direction  of  Major  Wilson,  who  had  joined  the  regiment  the 
day  before  this  last  change  of  station,  the  battalion  slept  out 
in  pup  tents.  Vezelois  was  20  kilometers  from  the  front.  The 
men  and  almost  all  of  the  officers  did  not  know  but  what  ft 
was  two  kilometers  from  the  front.  At  midnight  a  German 
plane,  flying  rather  low,  came  only  a  few  kilometers  from 
Vezelois.  It  was  dropping  flares  in  search  of  marching  troops. 
Its  hum  seemed  very  close.  Then  the  anti-aircraft  guns 
opened  up,  and  machine  gun  fire.  Every  man  was  up  and 
watching  the  show.  "Our  new  drill  ground,"  said  one.  "Some 
Fourth  of  July."  "Hot  dog!"  These  were  the  remarks  that 
showed  the  spirit  of  the  men  who  had  come  this  distance  from 
Camp  Dodge  to  hear  their  first  actual  sound  of  battle  with 
the  enemy. 

Within  a  day  or  so  after  the  arrival  in  Alsace,  all  the 
officer  members  of  the  "advance  party"  had  returned.  Major 
Russ  resumed  command  of  the  2d  Bn.,  Captain  Mohler  re- 
turning to  the  charge  of  F  Co.  Major  Kipp  returned  to  the 
1st  Bn.  and  Lieutenant  Appleby  was  reappointed  adjutant. 

In  this  Belfort  training  area  the  regiment  was  to  spend 
somewhat  more  than  two  weeks.  With  the  exception  of  the 
3.d  Bn.,  which  had  excellent  grounds,  the  countryside  was  not 
favorable  to  training.  However,  there  were  drill  areas  al- 
lotted and  the  work  immediately  went  forward.  "Boche" 
planes  flew  over  Vezelois  almost  every  clear  day  and  this 
kept  the  3d  Bn.  keyed  up  to  the  fact  that  it  was  near  the 
front  and  that  real  fighting  was  imminent.  Furthermore,  the 
country  was  strewn  with  barbed  wire  entanglements,  down 
every  angle  of  which  glowered  machine  gun  emplacements. 
They  were  the  third  and  fourth  reserve  lines  of  the  French, 
actually. 

Open  Order  Work  Improves 

In  this  Belfort  training  area  the  training  advanced  and 
improved  in  the  open  order  work,  machine  gun  nest  attack- 
ing, automatic  arm  tactics  and  firing,  gas  defense,  and  actual 
hand  grenade  experience.  The  battalion  maneuvering  was 
tried  for  the  first  time.  At  the  later  schedules  in  this  train- 
ing area,  organization  of  strong  points  by  companies  and 
battalions,  reliefs  in  simulated  trenches,  attacks  by  company 
and  battalions  were  part  of  the  everyday  program. 

The  Machine  Gun  Co.  which  on  Sept.  21  had  moved  to 
Ft.  Fourgerais  received  there  its  gun  and  ammunition  carts 
and  the  type  EE  field  glasses.  Its  specialized  training  went 
ahead.  A  1,000-inch  range  was  constructed,  and  a  500  and 
a  15-meter  range  available  at  the  fort  were  used  continuously. 

Company  specialist  work,  battalion  and  regimental  liaison 
and  intelligence  and  sniping  training  were  taken  up  intensive- 
ly. The  constant  carrying  of  the  gas  mask,  newly  issued,  was 
commenced,  and  the  steel  hat,  also  issued  at  this  point,  re- 
placed the  overseas  cap.  It  was  a  rainy  period.  The  steel 
hats  were  appreciated  because  of  this  . 

It  was  here  that  the  intelligence  section  was  recruited  to 
full  strength,  detached  from  the  companies  and  concentrated 
at  Vyans  for  intensive  training. 

Small  ranges  were  improvised  for  each  battalion.  On 
these,  each  day,  Sunday  included,  the  automatic  squads  learned 
the  firing  of  their  Brownings.  One  of  the  first  of  the  regi- 
ments in  the  A.  E.  F.  to  be  equipped  with  them,  they  attracted 
much  attention,  particularly  from  the  detachments  of  the 
French  soldiers  in  the  vicinity.  The  gunners  learned  to  have 
great  confidence  in  and  affection  for  this  weapon. 

Headquarters  Co.  received  a  37-Mrn.  gun  here  and  the 
one-pounder  platoon  started  work  on  its  signal  apparatus, 
also  received  for  the  Headquarters  signal  platoon. 


The  general  open  order  training  and  all  of  it  that  had  to 
do  with  keeping  pace  with  the  changing  methods  on  the  actual 
front  was  assisted  materially  at  this  time  by  the  oversight, 
advice,  practical  demonstration  and  lectures  of  Lt.  Maurice 
Guittard,  who  came  to  us  from  the  French  Mission  attached 
to  the  division. 

From  Meroux,  Captain  Andrews  visited  the  front  which 
we  were  late  to  occupy  and  brought  back  correct  information 
as  to  the  gassing  of  several  companies  of  the  division,  then 
in  the  sector.  The  reports  that  the  mustard  gas  casualties 
which  had  rendered  ineffective  one  entire  battalion  were  be- 
cause of  the  improper  and  inadequate  gas'  training  had  an 
immediate  effect  in  the  division  and  the  regiment.  Straight- 
way, gas  training,  which  had  never  been  neglected,  became 
strenuous.  There  were  gas  drill  morning  and  night.  The 
wearing  of  gas  masks  was  ordered  increased  daily  until  the 
soldier  had  worn  his  gas  mask  four  hours  without  having  had 
to  take  it  off.  Battalion  gas  officers  and  regimental  gas  of- 
ficers were  relieved  from  all  other  duty.  They  fitted  the  mask 
of  every  man  in  the  regiment.  Lt.  Charles  K.  Morris,  fresh 
from  the  corps  gas  school  at  Chaumont,  was  made  regimental 
gas  officer. 

New  Lieutenants  Arrive 

At  Vezelois  certain  members  of  the  regiment  with  a  great 
sigh  of  relief  changed  their  Purgatorial,  nameless  state  for 
the  definite  district  of  Sam  Browne  and  golden  bars.  These 
were  the  candidate  officers  taken  from  the  fourth  officers' 
training  camp  and  attached  to  the  regiment  just  before  its 
departure  overseas.  The  new  lieutenants  were :  John  B. 
Richards,  Arthur  E.  Martois,  Kellog  P.  Bascom,  Raymond  W. 
Kelly,  Earle  V.  Wilson,  X.  Zarfas,  Kimbler,  Leo  L.  Patter- 
son, Hubert  J.  Huelskamp,  Alvin  Banow,  Donald  C.  Elder, 
Rush  S.  Smith,  Edward  W.  Merk,  Roscoe  E.  Stewart,  William 
H.  Oesch,  Arhut  C.  Harbold,  and  William  W.  Cooper. 

It  was  in  this  area  that  we  steadily  received  supplies 
which  got  us  nearer  to  the  complete  authorized  equipment. 
One  day  in  would  come  field  glasses,  another  day  musketry 
rules,  socks,  jerkins,  bicycles,  riflle  covers  and  so  on.  One  day 
in  came  second  lieutenants,  graduates  from  the  army  candi- 
dates' school  at  Langres.  They  wore  service  stripes  and  some 
of  them  wound  stripes.  Immediately,  they  took  hold  of  the 
practical  work  of  platoon  leading.  From  the  beginning  they 
have  been  considered  most  valued  members  of  the  regiment. 
Those  reporting  were  Lieutenants  Henry  F.  Durant,  John  L. 
Meyer,  Abraham  A.  Biegel,  George  M.  Bookman,  Henry  E. 
Pebley,  Clarence  U.  Hibble,  William  E.  Cameron,  Roy  H.  Horn, 
Robert  W.  Wesson,  Richard  I.  Ford,  Daniel  A.  Horn,  Ed- 
ward H.  Ehlen  and  Harry  I.  Newman. 

From  Vezelois,  Major  Wilson  went  to  the  staff  officers' 
school  at  Langres.  Capt.  J.  W.  Sorrles  took  command  of 
M  Co.  until  he  was  transferred  to  the  350  Inf.  Oct.  26. 

The  story  behind  the  furnishing  of  the  regiment  at  this 
time  is  the  story  of  the  busiest  and  most  interesting  period 
in  the  Supply  Co.  experience.  From  Moval  to  Tremoins,  1st 
Bn.  Headquarters,  is  16  kilometers.  From  Hericourt,  division 
headquarters,  to  Tremoins,  is  6  kilometers.  The  Division 
would  truck  everything,  and  this  included  an  immense  amount 
of  material,  to  Captain  Snead  at  Moval.  He  would  have  to 
truck  it  back  to  Tremoins.  Also,  he  would  have  to  truck  it 
to  the  other  billeting  villages,  all  of  which  were  included 
in  a  circle  with  a  20-kilometer  radius.  Nor  yet  did  the  Supply 
Co.  have  a  wheel  of  its  own. 

The  pre-eminent  method  of  getting  the  supplies  from 
Moval  out  was  to  overbear  the  truck  drivers  bringing  the  stuff, 
with  tales  of  arson  and  incarceration  in  the  deep  Moval 
dungeons,  re-load  the  trucks  meanwhile  by  trained  details, 
and  to  furnish  the  companies  by  the  so-called  "return"  trips 
of  these  truckdrivers.  Another  method  was  to  load  supplies 
onto  rented,  home-made  wagons  of  the  Moval  villagers  and 
haul  them  by  man-power  to  the  distributing  points. 

While  here  the  company  did  get  three  horses,  and  hacks 
burdened  with  the  memories  of  their  valiant  young  days  in 
the  French  artillery  service  in  the  war  of  1870.  One  of 
these  horses  had  its  leg  broken,  "mysteriously,"  and  was  shot. 
One  incurred  red  rope-burn  under  the  ridership  of  Capt.  C.  D. 
Schenk  and  was  evacuated.  One  remained  with  the  regiment 
until   after-war   days   at   Bonnet.     From   here,    one   morning, 


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when  the  regiment  was  preparing  to  win  the  Division  horse 
show,  it  stalked  out  into  the  mist,  pensive,  lame,  prescient, 
never  to  return. 

Rubber  Boots  and  Shoes  Received 

While  here,  the  company  got  rubber  boots  and  overshoes 
which  were  carried  by  the  company  until  the  regiment  went 
into  the  trenches  and  there  supplied  to  the  rifle  companies. 

Whether  the  rainy  weather  and  the  necessity  in  the  patrol- 
ing  instructions  and  in  the  open  order  maneuver  to  get  down 
on  the  damp  ground  were  causes  or  contributory  causes,  or 
that  it  was  just  the  contagion  of  the  disease  itself,  is  not 
known,  but  Spanish  Influenza  ran  its  epidemic  course  through- 
out the  regiment  during  the  second  and  following  weeks  of 
the  stay  in  the  Belfort  area.  Altogether,  in  the  month  of 
October,  there  were  1,300  cases  of  the  sickness,  which  re- 
sulted in  84  deaths.  Improvised  hospitals  were  constructed 
and  the  men  were  evacuated  as  soon  as  possible  to  S.  O.  S. 
hospitals. 

This  transfer  of  men  to  the  S.  O.  S.  with  the  accompany- 
ing difficulty  of  paper-work  and  payment  and  the  eventual 
return  of  almost  all  of  the  men  has  been  a  feature  of  every 
company's  administrative  experience. 

On  Oct.  6  the  1st  Bn.  marched  to  billet  in  Vezelois.  The 
great  majority  of  the  men  were  sick,  and  it  was  a  memorable 
and  troublesome  march.  C  Co.  walked  only  66  men.  This 
move  was  the  first  of  several  "leap-frog"  changes  of  position 
that  were  intended,  it  was  believed,  to  confuse  the  enemy 
as  to  the  unit's  intentions  and  as  to  what  sector  of  the  front 
it  might  advance  to.  These  moves  were  begun  at  such  time 
that  practically  all  the  distance  was  covered  in  the  dark. 

The  men  were  now  carrying  a  full  pack  made  several 
pounds  heavier  by  the  addition  of  two  blankets,  an  overcoat, 
trench  knife,  steel  helmet,  gas  mask,  automatic  rifle  and  ap- 
purtenances, grenade  carriers,  jerkin  and  120  rounds  of  ball 
ammunition. 

On  the  same  date  the  3d  Bn.,  again  commanded  by  Cap- 
tain Schenk,  marched  through  Chevremont  to  Fontanelle. 
This  was  on  a  Saturday  night.  I  and  K  were  forced  to  sleep 
in  pup  tents  because  of  the  complete  lack  of  billets.  M  and 
L  companies  were  crowded  indoors,  75  to  a  haymow.  Sub- 
sequently many  of  the  I  and  K  Companies  became  ill.  Sunday 
night  the  regiment  marched  back  to  Vezelois. 

March  to  Romagny  and  Back 

On  Oct.  5  the  2d  Bn.  and  Headquarters  Co.  marched  to 
Chevremont,  and  the  Supply  Co.  to  Foussemagny.  The  Supply 
Co.  stayed  a  few  hours,  marched  to  Romagne,  stayed  a  few 
hours,  and  marched  back  to  Foussemagne.  In  this  latter  brief 
line  is  more  history  than  appears. 

Shortly  afterward  the  Supply  Co.  was  divided  into  four 
sections,  one  for  each  battalion,  and  one  staying  with  head- 
quarters and  the  supply  base.  These  sections  stayed  with  their 
battalions  from  that  time  on. 

On  Oct.  10  the  1st  Bn.  marched  by  night  from  Vezelois 
to  Anjoutey  and  on  the  13th  made  the  whole  distance  from 
there  to  Romagny,  14  kilometers  from  the  front. 

The  3d  Bn.  left  Vezelois  just  before  the  1st  and  marched 
the  16  kilometers  to  Rougcmont,  arriving  at  night,  and  en- 
countering there  Regimental  Headquarters  which  had  come 
from  Chevremont,  along  with  G  annd  H  of  the  2d  Bn.  Cos. 
F  and  F  had  marched  to  billets  at  Laval,  two  kilometers  east. 

The  Machine  Gun  Co.  also  left  Chevremont  the  10th, 
marching  to  Romagny.  Three  days  later  it  made  its  first  night 
hike,  going  to  Bretagne. 

It  was  midnight  of  the  12th,  just  after  this  "leap-frog- 
ging" to  the  front  had  commenced,  that  the  men  of  the  reg- 
iment heard  the  first  barrage  of  their  lives.  This  was  the 
German  and  French  battery  work  that  played  such  an  im- 
portant part  iti  the  history  of  the  350th  regiment,  at  that 
time,  at  the  front. 

The  Rougemont-Anjoutey  history  of  the  regiment  was 
not  so  brief  but  what  ranges  were  constructed  and  maneuvers 
carried  out. 

While  the  1st  Bn.  went  to  Romagny  and  the  Machine  Gun 
Co.  to  Bretagne,  the  2d  jumped,  by  virtue  of  a  back-bending, 
hike  in  the  darkness  of  18  kilometers,  to  Lutran.  Head- 
quarters went  to  Montreaux  Chateaux,  the  3d  Bn.  to  barracks 


in  the  woods  just  north  of  Chevannes-sur-L'Etang. 

These  villages  were  all  on  the  German  side  of  the  Alsace 
border.  The  children  were  educated  in  German-taught  schools 
and  they  talked  German  in  their  play  on  the  streets.  In 
Lutran,  especially,  and  in  all  the  villages  to  some  extent,  there 
seemed  to  be  a  less  hospitable  attitude  that  was  attributed  to 
German  sympathy.  However,  with  the  exception  of  Lutran. 
the  villages  w^ere  cleaner  and  had  better  shops  that  those 
encountered  since  Cote  D'Or. 

In  this  area  all  the  elements  of  the  regiment  were  within 
14  kilometers  of  the  front.  Actually,  we  were,  according  to 
the  scheme  of  defense  for  the  entire  area,  in  reserve.  Ac- 
cording to  this  plan,  all  laid  out  by  the  French  months  pre- 
viously, each  battalion  was  responsible  for  a  certain  line  in 
case  of  a  German  general  attack  at  the  front.  There  were 
trenches  and  strong  points  to  which  the  officers  and  non-com- 
missioned officers  were  taken  to  become  familiar  with  them 
so  that  in  the  emergency  each  unit  would  know  where  to  go 
and  what  to  do.  The  field  officers  had  to  give  special  atten- 
tion to  this  phase  of  the  situation. 

Not  Like  Support  Situation 

Other  than  this,  and  the  fact  that  there  was  no  marching 
of  units  in  column  of  squads  and  a  general  effort  to  keep 
from  all  observation  by  the  German  planes  which  came  over 
regularly  in  all  clear  weather,  there  was  no  resemblance  to  a 
"support"'  situation — at  least  to  a  support  situation  such  as 
officers  and  men  had  in  mind. 

The  regiment  was  to  stay  here  for  11  days.  Training  went 
forward.  There  were  for  the  first  time  brigade  maneuvers. 
These  had  most  to  do  with  the  problem  of  liaison.  The 
French  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  (the  latter  came 
from  Zouave  regiments),  continued  their  instructions.  All 
these,  with  the  exception  of  Lieutenant  Guittard,  were  destined 
to  leave  the  regiment  just  before  it  went  up  front. 

At  this  point  rifle  grenades  were  issued  and  practiced 
with.  For  the  first  time,  men  in  general  came  to  understand 
the  tactics  of  this  arm.  At  Chevannes  M  Co.  was  compliment- 
ed in  regimental  orders  by  Lieutenant  Guittard  for  the  dexter- 
ity and  enthusiasm  with  which  it  overpowered  a  machine  gun 
nest  in  a  simulated  situation.  In  the  training  here  zip  was 
given  to  this  form  of  maneuver  by  the  throwing  of  live  gren- 
ades at  the  simulated  machine  gun.  Automatic  pistols  to  the 
officers  and  revolvers  to  many  of  the  sergeants  were  issued. 

Daily  battles  by  the  French  anti-aircraft  guns  with  the 
Boche  planes  which  insisted  on  coming  over  every  clear  dav 
for  observation  and  photographing  the  lines  of  actual  trenches 
and  barbed  wire  entanglements  created  interest  and  amuse- 
ment. 

It  was  here  that  the  organization  of  the  regiment  had 
reached  a  very  acceptable  smoothness.  Mess  sergeants  found 
the  daily  rations  arriving  with  exact  regularity.  The  mail 
came  through  from  the  United  States  in   16  days. 

The  rolling  kitchens  had  been  supplied  to  the  companies, 
with  horses  and  teamsters  to  pull  them.  The  epidemic  of 
influenza  had  stopped.  Many  men  returned  from  the  regimen- 
tal field  hospitals  at  this  time.  Officers  learned  their  map 
reading. 

It  was  here  that  the  old  second  lieutenants  of  the  regi- 
ment pretty  well  came  into  their  own,  and  added  a  certain 
not-to-be-disregarded  amount  to  their  monthly  pay  voucher 
credit  column.  The  new  first  lieutenants  of  Oct.  11 'were: 
August  C.  Schmidt,  Carrol  A.  Iverson,  William  R.  Hazelrigii. 
Philip  B.  Lockwood,  Joseph  P.  Lorentzen,  Forrest  D.  Ma- 
comber,  Arnold  A.  Beguhn,  Marion  D.  Page,  and  Clifford  C. 
Rice.  Two  weeks  later  there  were  commissioned  first  lieu- 
tenants also,  Maurice  E.  Horn,  Elmer  J.  Waller  and  Toseph 
L.  Hyde. 

Lt.  Harvey  A.  Garver  got  his  promotion  to  captaincy  and 
continued  in  command  of  Company  D. 

In  reviewing  the  experience  of  the  regiment  Colonel 
Hawkins  has  said  he  thought  at  this  juncture  that  if  ever 
the  regiment  was  to  go  into  the  trenches  this  was  the  time. 
Training  has  reached  a  point  where  it  seemed  it  would  go 
backward  if  there  did  not  come  a  chance  to  try  it  out. 

"The  men  bad  been  in  France  now  for  two  months,"  he 
said.  "There  was  yet  much  to  lie  learned,  but  the  sort  of 
thing   that   is   so   much   better    learned    by   actual    combat   ex- 


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perience.  We  had  progressed  that  far  that  we  could  now  go 
in  to  learn  by  actual  experience  with  the  minimum  of  cost- 
liness." 

Battalions  Go  to  Relief 

And  on  the  very  black  night  of  Oct  24  the  2d  Bn  moved 
forward  to  relieve  the  1st  Bn.  of  the  351st  Inf.  in  the  Badri- 
court  sector  of  the  Alsace  front,  and  the  3d  Bn.,  by  a  totally 
different  route,  moved  forward  to  relieve  the  3d  Bn.  of  the 
same  regiment  in  the  Hagenbach  sector. 

The  marchs  were  in  an  inky  black  darkness  which  made 
necessary  the  placing  of  connecting  files  at  intervals  of  10 
feet  between  the  platoons.  The  discipline  was  satisfactory. 
There  was  no  smoking  and  very  little  noise.  No  one  fell  out, 
although  the  distance  was  not  a  short  one.  Guides  from 
the  platoons  to  be  relieved  met  the  battalions  at  Badricourt 
and  Hagenbach  and  conducted  them  to  their  posts  without 
trouble.  One  platoon,  only,  conducted  by  a  guide  from  M 
Co.  of  the  351st  who  did  not  know  his  routes  well  enough, 
became  lost.  This  platoon  had  three  hours  of  marching  and 
fumbling  about  in  the  woods  that  black  night  as  an  extra 
portion.  The  Germans,  apparently,  had  not  been  informed  of 
the  relief.    There  was  no  trouble  from  them. 

Three  nights  later  the  1st  Bn.  relieved  the  2d  of  the  351st. 
Regimental  Headquarters  with  its  company  had  moved  up  to 
Manspach  to  the  rear  of  the  center  of  the  regiment's  front  on 
the  24th. 

The  Machine  Gun  Co.,  armed  with  its  full  quota  of 
Brownings,  with  its  men  armed  with  one  pistol,  or  revolver, 
to  every  three  men,  relieved  B  Co.  of  the  339th  Machine  Gun 
Bn.  of  the  Division,  the  night  of  Aug.  30.  This  unit  was  in 
support  of  the  Anjou  dugout.  The  Machine  Gun  Co.  did  not 
have  its  required  instruments  for  the  working  out  of  firing 
date.  Thus,  the  regiment  went  into  line — the  1st  Bn.  on  the 
right,  the  2d  in  the  center,  the  3d  on  the  left.  The  2d  Bn. 
and  3d  were  supported  by  companies  of  the  339th  Machine 
Gun  Bn. 

French  artillery,  a  battery  of  75's  to  each  battalion,  was 
placed  in  the  woods  to  the  front  and  rear  of  Manspach,  Full- 
eren,  Badricourt  and  Hagenbach.  The  350th  was  on  the  regi- 
ment's left  at  first,  later  on,  the  349th.  On  the  regiment's 
right  were  the  4th  Zouaves  (French). 

The  Front  at  Last,  but  Quiet 

At  last,  the  front !  A  "quiet"  one,  but  nevertheless  the 
front,  the  goal  of  six  months'  training,  and  for  the  majority 
of  the  officers,  graduates  of  the  first  officers'  training  school, 
goal  of  18  months'  training. 

It  wasn't  like  any  that  had  been  dreamed  of.  It  extended 
from  flank  to  flank,  curving  around  a  salient  10^  kilometers. 
There  didn't  seem  to  be  the  remotest  sign  of  that  organization 
in  depth  of  which  we  had  heard  so  much.  It  was  a  thin,  if 
not  a  red,  line  of  heroes.  With  the  exception  of  the  three 
left  flank  platoons  of  Co.  M,  the  line  was  in  the  woods.  For 
the  most  part,  if  the  trenches  gave  any  view  of  the  front  at  all, 
they  looked  across  a  valley  at  numerous  shelled  French  vil- 
lages, and  at  high  hills,  presumably  lined  with  German  trenches 
and  well   fortified. 

Up  the  valley  of  the  hill  toward  which  in  a  general  way 
the  sector  looked,  15  kilometres  away,  was  Mulhouse.  One 
will  remember  that  there  were  rumors  of  a  drive  on  Mulhouse. 
To  the  rear  of  our  sector  was  the  rather  large,  quiet,  still- 
prospering  city  of  Dannemarie.  The  interested  civilian  can 
look  on  any  ordinary  French  map  of  Alsace,  put  his  thumb 
down  between  Belfort  and  Mulhouse,  and  say,  "There  was 
the  352d,"  and  be  approximately  right. 

The  1st  Bn.  had  all  companies  in  line,  the  2d  Bn.  two  in 
line,  and  two  in  support  at  Badricourt,  the  3d  three  in  line 
and  one  in  support  at  Hagenbach.  E  and  F  were  first  to  go 
in  for  the  2d.  On  the  night  of  Nov.  1  they  were  quickly  and 
smoothly  relieved  by  G  and  H. 

The  1st  had  a  25^-kilometer  front,  the  2d  a  4>2-kilometer 
and  the  3d  a  3^2-kilometer  front.  All  battalions  had  outposts 
well  to  the  front  which  made  a  general  line  oj  observation, 
and  a  line  of  trenches  organized  into  combat  grounds  as  a 
line  of  resistance.  The  2d  Bn.  outposts  were  in  general  1.600 
meters  to  the  front  of  the  line  of  resistance,  and  connected  by 
battered  trenches.     They  were  typical  of  those  of  the  other 


two  battalions  and  illustrate  how  loosely  this  quiet  sector  was 
held. 

Captains  Remain  Unchanged 

Major  Kipp  was  in  command  of  the  1st,  Major  Russ  of 
the  2d,  and  Capt.  C.  D.  Schenk  of  the  3d  Bn.  The  captains 
were  un'changed  except  that  Capt.  J.  W.  Sorrles,  on  the 
second  day  of  his  company's  trench  occupancy,  was  transfer- 
red to  the  350th,  command  of  Co.  M  falling  to  Lt.  David  S. 
Owen.  At  the  time  the  regiment  was  without  a  lieutenant- 
colonel.    Colonel  Stone  had  gone  to  staff  school  Oct.  25. 

The  period  in  the  trenches  was  a  most  valuable  one.  Al- 
most daily,  the  anti-aircraft  guns  boomed  at  the  Boche  avions 
which  flew  over  our  trenches.  Several  times  German  bat- 
teries bombarded  French  battery  positions  to  the  rear,  and 
often  the  French  75's  returned  compliments.  Pieces  of  shell 
from  anti-aircraft  guns  fell  on  our  positions.  Third  Bn. 
companies  were  bombarded  twice,  the  second  time  I  Co.  being 
punished  severely.  M  Co.  outpost  came  under  German  ma- 
chine gun  fire.     Some  soldiers  were  sniped  at. 

Altogether,  the  regiment's  men  experienced  shell-fire. 
They  came  to  know  what  high  explosive  and  shrapnel  sounded 
like,  what  gas  shells  did  not  sound  like.  Some  of  these 
were  even  heard  bound  for  positions  to  the  north.  One 
mustard  gas  shell  fell  on  the  M  Co.  area.  The  men  learned 
what  arduous  duty  in  the  trenches  is,  learned  to  know  that 
every  rat,  every  noise  in  the  wire,  every  moving  weed,  was 
not  a  German.  The  majority  of  the  companies,  officers,  non- 
commissioned officers,  and  men,  conquered  after  the  first  two 
nights  the  nervousness  that  results  in  haphazard,  senseless 
firing.  After  the  second  night  the  occupancy  of  the  sector  was 
indeed  a  quiet  one,  insofar  as  the  regiment  on  post  was  con- 
cerned. Most  of  the  men  heard  enough  to  come  to  recognize 
the  German  machine  gun.  They  learned  to  recognize  by 
sight  and  sound  the  German  avion. 

The  men  earned  the  complete  confidence  of  their  officers 
by  the  uncomplaining  way  in  which  they  stood  the  long  hours 
of  sentry  duty.  There  were  14  hours  of  darkness,  and  the 
average  tour  on  post  of  each  man  was  9  hours  of  this. 
Furthermore,  there  was  day  sentry  duty. 

Particularly  the  men  learned,  or  unlearned,  gas-knowledge. 
The  effect  of  the  keyed-up  gas  training  was  to  make  everyone 
sound  gas  at  the  slightest  suspicion,  and  to  carry  on  an  alarm 
started  no  matter  how  far  distant. 

The  second  night  in  the  trenches  will  be  remembered  for 
that  wild  charivari  that  was  started  away  to  the  north  of  the 
regiment  and  was  carried  down  through  the  battalions  to  an 
effect  that  would  have  given  warning  of  the  most  extensive 
cloud  gas  attack   ever  launched. 

That  was  not  repeated.  Toward  the  last,  nothing  short 
of  an  actual  gas  attack  on  it  would  have  driven  a  single 
platoon  to  sound  the  alarm  and  put  on  the  mask.  This,  it 
dawned  upon  the  personnel,  was  when  the  mask  was  wanted 
on  the  face — when  the  man  was  in  gas.  At  any  other  time, 
it  was  a  handicap  and  a  danger. 

Company  Dons  Gas  Masks 

In  one  company  of  the  3d  Bn.  during  the  first  bombard- 
ment three  platoons  wore  the  mask  from  10  to  30  minutes. 
One  platoon  wore  it  for  an  hour.  Only  one  platoon  was 
bombarded,  and  that  with  shrapnel.  There  was  no  need  of 
the  mask  at  any  time.  At  the  second  bombardment,  this 
time  of  the  same  platoon,  no  one  in  the  company  wore  the 
mask  longer  than  15  minutes. 

On  the  second  night  of  the  trench  occupation  all  the  trench 
scouting  sections  had  patrols  out  in  No  Man's  Land.  Their 
work  was  subsequently  hampered  by  a  divisional  school  for 
scouts  and  snipers  which  specified  small  areas  in  which  the 
battalion  scouts  could  work.  However,  they  maintained  their 
curiosity  about  No  Man's  Land  and  made  almost  nightly  ex- 
cursions into  it.  Their  purpose  was  mostly  ambuscade  and 
wire   examination    and   the   establishment   of   listening  posts. 

Lt.  Joseph  L.  Hyde  with  a  patrol  discovered  an  unknown 
German  dugout  and  listening  post  that  was  directly  under 
the  nose,  the  brow  of  the  hill  on  which  an  I  Co.  outpost  was 
stationed.  Second  and  1st  Bn.  patrols  penetrated  the  first 
line  of  German  trenches.  In  point  of  captured  or  killed  Ger- 
mans,   the    patrols   accomplished   nothing.     They   were  never 


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sent  out  with  this  purpose  in  mind.  But  they  did  get  patrol 
experience,  and  familiarity  with  No  Man's  Land.  Further- 
more, their  observation  posts  and  intelligence  service  did  re- 
port information  of  value,  particularly  on  the  location  of 
German  emplacements. 

The  officers  received  invaluable  experience.  Platoon 
leaders  learned  where  to  place  reliance.  Company  command- 
ers also  learned  this.  They,  too,  had  the  practice  of  combat 
group  organization  and  the  general  trench  life  organization, 
which  included  the  problem  of  hot  food  at  all  times  to  the 
men  at  all  posts. 

The  1st  Bn.  was  not  actually  shelled  or  attacked.  The 
2d  Bn.  was  shelled  once,  in  addition  to  the  occasional  shells 
which  fell  on  their  positions,  although  probably  intended  for 
the  French  artillery  to  the  rear.  The  support  trenches  at 
Badricourt  had  68  shells  of  large  caliber  concentrated  upon 
them  at  noon  of  Nov.  2.  Trenches  were  levelled  and  dug- 
outs crushed  in.  A  day  previous,  Major  Russ,  who  was  sus- 
picious of  the  Boche  planes  that  hovered  over  Badricourt 
and  fearful  of  the  exposed  position  of  these  support  trenches, 
had  had  the  support  companies  moved  into  billets  in  the  shell- 
torn  houses  of  the  village.  Were  it  not  for  that  move,  two 
platoons  of  F  Co.  would  have  suffered  heavy  casualties. 

Wagoner's  Refuse  to  Quit 

It  was  during  this  shelling  that  three  supply  company 
wagoners  bringing  rations  to  the  front  refused  to  be  retarded 
by  this  fire  and  kept  right  on  going,  although  spokes  in  their 
wagon  wheels  had  been  splintered  with  shrapnel  and  shells 
were  bursting  near  them  on  the  road.  These  men,  Wagoners 
Frank  Welninski,  of  Little  Falls,  Minn.,  Lars  E.  Dahlin  of 
Findley,  N.  D.,  and  Edwin  E.  Nesberg  of  Strandburg,  S.  D., 
were  cited  in  subsequent  regimental  orders. 

The  1st  and  2d  Battalions  had  no  casualties.  The  3d  Bn. 
was  shelled  twice  and  once  raided. 

The  first  bombardment  was  early  in  the  morning,  break- 
fast time,  on  Oct.  29,  1918.  It  fell  on  I  and  M.  Some  SO 
shells,  in  addition  to  many  which  exploded  in  the  air,  were 
concentrated  on  certain  portions  of  these  companies.  A  stray 
mustard  shell  struck  near  the  post  of  command  of  the  M 
Co.,  First  Platoon.  The  entire  shelling  did  not  damage  used 
trenches  and  no  one  was  hurt.  It  was  an  immensely  educa- 
tional experience. 

The  second  bombardment  fell  on  M,  L  and  I,  the  shells 
on  I  being  a  box  barrage.  It  began  at  8 :50  A.  M.  Oct.  31  and 
ended  at  9:20  A.  M.  Private  Tasso  M.  Schoop,  Co.  M,  was 
killed  at  his  post  of  observation.  So  was  Private  Harry  D. 
Welsh  at  his  post  of  observation. 

Private  Sam  Roach,  119  Washington  St.,  Pittsburg,  Kans., 
of  L  Co.,  was  mortally  wounded.  Privates  Harold  H.  Crosby, 
Rolla,  N.  D.;  Clarence  J.  Lavin,  318  Hancock  St.,  Topeka. 
Kans. ;  William  H.  Long,  Webster  Groves,  Mo. ;  C.  E.  Boyd, 
Rock  Lake,  N.  D.;  Ernest  Nordstrom,  372S  Longfellow  Aye., 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  Corporals  William  Van  Vliet,  Kim- 
ball, Minn.;  Hans  Johnson,  Menno,  S.  D. ;  and  Arthur  R. 
Quick,  Girard,  Minn.,  all  of  Company  I,  were  wounded. 

Corporal  Theodore  E.  Grendt,  McGregor,  la.  of  L  Co.  on 
his  way  to  see  if  his  sentries  were  at  their  posts,  was  sep- 
arated from  his  canteen,  the  back  of  his  blouse,  and  his  rifle 
was  cleaved  through  at  the  stock  by  a  "dud"  Minnewerfer 
shell.  The  corporal  went  to  his  company  P.  C.  and  got  a  new 
gun,  and  then  went  back  and  saw  that  his  sentries  were  still 
at  their  posts.  Lt.  Donald  K.  Elder,  De  Witt,  la.,  of  L  Com- 
pany was  struck  in  the  back  of  the  neck  by  a  piece  of  shell 
which  spun  him  around  and  for  a  moment  knocked  him  sense- 
less. He  recovered,  had  Sergeant  Swanson  dress  his  wound 
from  his  first  aid  packet,  and  went  out  to  his  advance  post 
to  see  if  everything  was  all  right  there. 

Hundred  Shells  Fall 

Some  100  shells  lit  in  both  the  L  and  M  Companies'  areas. 
Considerably  more  struck  the  I  Co.  area.  These  were  con- 
centrated pretty  well  on  the  main  trench  line.  It  was  obliter- 
ated, shelters  knocked  in  and  equipment  buried  yards  deep. 
One  private  was  buried  by  the  collapsing  of  a  shelter  and  had 
to  be  dug  out.    Many  of  these  shells  were  of  large  caliber. 

In  the  main,  the  raid  on  the  I  Co.  outpost  has  been  de- 


scribed in  the  introduction  to  this  story.  The  German  prison- 
er taken  has  stated  that  the  object  of  the  raid  was  prisoners, 
and  if  possible  an  automatic  rifle. 

Captain  Snead  has  said  that  the  Supply  Co's.  period  of 
work  in  the  trenches  was  the  most  uneventful  of  its  history. 
Increased  rations  were  regularly  forwarded.  The  trench  en- 
larged ration  of  50  per  cent  on  sugar,  coffee  and  milk,  and 
100  per  cent  on  candles  and  matches  will  be  well  remembered. 

Because  of  the  small  use  for  ammunition  and  pyrotechnics, 
the  job  of  the  regimental  munitions  officer,  according  to 
Lieutenant  Graham,  did  not  amount  to  much.  About  the 
time  the  records  came  in  from  the  companies  on  the  amount 
of  munitions  in  the  company  dumps,  the  order  to  leave  the 
sector  had  arrived. 

On  the  night  of  Nov.  2,  the  regiment  was  relieved  by 
the  414th  Reg.  of  French  infantry,  survivors  of  28  days  of 
straight  fighting  on  the  Champagne  front.  The  trench  tour 
was  nine  days  long  for  the  2d  and  3d  Battalions.  The  1st  Bn. 
concentrated  at  Altenbach,  the  2d  at  St.  Leger,  the  3d  at 
Dannemarie  on  the  nights  of  the  2d  and  3d.  The  Machine 
Gun  Co.  did  not  move  out  until  the  night  of  the  3d,  when  it 
went  the  long  distance  to  Traubach  and  from  there  on  the 
following  night  the  27  kilometers  to  Eloie.  The  regiment 
started  for  the  Belfort  area  the  night  of  Nov.  3. 

"The  problem  of  keeping  the  roads  from  being  jammed 
by  the  three  battalions  marching  in  the  same  direction  in 
the  darkness,  and  using  roads  to  points  that  tended  to  con- 
centrate them  on  the  same  roads  was  solved  by  intelligent 
routing.  These  marches  of  this  second  stage  from  the  trenches 
will  always  be  remembered  by  the  battalions  as  the  hardest  of 
their  history.  The  men  were  tired  from  the  long  sentry  duty 
in  the  trenches.  Some  of  the  companies  had  been  relieved  late 
and  had  got  little  sleep  the  night  before  or  the  day  following. 
The  packs  weighed  some  80  pounds  on  an  average.  M  and  L 
and  the  3d  Bn.  intelligence  section  had  28  miles  to  hike,  going 
to  Le  Salbert,  on  the  outskirts  of  Belfort.  Starting  from 
Dannemarie  at  6  P.  M.  they  arrived  at  6:30  the  following 
morning.  Headquarters,  the  1st  Bn.,  and  I  and  K  Companies 
went  the  IS  miles  to  Roppe,  and  the  2d  Bn.  the  17  miles  to 
Perouse. 

At  Roppe,  Captain  Ruth  exchanged  places  with  Captain 
Briggs,  Captain  Ruth  going  to  Headquarters  Co..  Captain 
Briggs  to  the  adjutancy.  Lt.  Ralph  McDanel  became  a  first 
lieutenant. 

At  these  towns  near  Belfort  the  men  rested.  There  were 
baths  taken  by  some  of  the  companis  in  Belfort  and  short 
leaves  to  officers  and  men  to  that  city.  Some  visits  by  officers 
not  on  official  business  or  under  leaves  received  attention  from 
headquarters. 

Rumors  Get  Busy  Again 

It  was  here  that  the  rumor  came  that  it  was  theplan.  of 
the  higher-ups  that  the  regiment  would  soon  be  entrained  for 
the  north  to  take  part,  as  a  regimental  support,  in  a  new  push 
on  Metz. 

Also,  here  came  the  rumor  that  the  armistice  would  be 
signed,  that  the  war  would  be  over  "toute  de  suite."  Both 
rumors  were  true. 

Nov.  11,  1918,  found  the  1st  and  2d  Battalions  and  Head- 
quarters entraining  for  the  north,  and  the  Machine  Gun  Co. 
en  route  and  the  3d  Bn.  preparing  to  follow  the  next  day. 
The  entraining  was  amidst  celebrating  by  the  citizens  of  Bel- 
fort and  the  1st  Bn.  men  witnessed  the  celebrations  in  the 
cities  of  Epinal,  Toul,  and  Nancy. 

The  352d  took  the  end  of  the  war  calmly.  Perhaps  this 
was  because  the  men  were  too  tired,  or  a  bit  stolid  and  unap- 
preciative  of  what  the  end  of  the  war  meant  to  France.  Per- 
haps, too,  it  was  because  with  the  relief  was  a  tinge  of  regret 
that  the  regiment  was  not  to  get  into  the  hot  Argonne  fishting, 
into  a  new  history-making  push  on  Metz. 

The  3d  Bn.  singing  as  if  it  were  going  home,  entered  Bel- 
fort the  night  of  the  12th  and  followed  north  the  next  morn- 
ing. L  Co.  completed  its  assigned  job  of  loading  the  brigade 
at  the  station". 

Instead  of  going  east  from  the  railhead  to  Menil  la  Tour 
as  had  originally  been  intended,  the  regiment  was  turned  west 
and  billeted  at   Lucey,   six  kilometers    from   Toul.     For  the 


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first  time  since  Les  Laumes,  the  regiment  was  all  in  one  place, 
the  companies  all  directly  under  the  hand  of  Regimental 
Headquarters. 

Now  began  what  is  probably  the  last  phase  of  the  regi- 
ment's existence.  The  prime  object  for  which  it  had  had  is 
12-hour-a-day  schedules,  for  which  it  had  worked  diligently, 
had  been  attained. 

The  colonel  urged  that  the  officers  unite  to  combat  the 
tendency  toward  too  great  relaxation.  The  picture  of  the 
model  garrison  soldier  was  thrown  on  the  screen.  To  the  end 
of  dressing  and  maintaining  the  3S2d  soldier  in  spick  and  span 
garrison  shape,  a  field  inspection  was  made  in  which  every 
deficiency  of  equipment  was  noted,  the  officers  of  one  com- 
pany judging  the  other's  company.  Ensuing  upon  that,  one 
of  the  largest  regimental  requisitions  for  clothing  ever  made 
was  turned  in 

The  stay  at  Lucey  was  for  two  weeks.  Fatigue  and  police 
work  came  to  new  prominence  in  the  day's  program.  Some 
salvaging  up  Verdun  way  was  done.  Thanksgiving  Day  was 
wet,  and  in  some  companies  had  its  menu  varied  with  fish 
and  fowl  brought  in  from  Toul  and  Nancy. 

Regiment  Goes  to  Gondrecourt 

The  regiment  proceeded  from  Lucey  in  a  column  of  two's 
in  excellent  marching  order  to  new  billets  at  Bonnet  and 
Ribeaucourt,  near  Gondrecourt,  Meuse,  some  SO  kilometers 
west, ,  on  Nov.  29.  A  corps  inspector  accompanied  the  march 
and  complimented  the  regiment  on  its  march  discipline,  its  bil- 
lets, vacated  clean,  its  handling  of  transportation.  The  trip 
was  made  in  two  days. 

K  and  M  Companies  remained  behind  to  police  the  area 
around  Lucey  and  came  on  the  following  day,  making  the 
entire  32  miles  to  Bonnet  in  one  day. 

At  Bonnet  and  Ribeaucourt,  the  1st  and  2d  Battalions  at 
the  latter  village,  the  remainder  of  the  regiment  at  the  former, 
began  an  existence  which  has  lasted  until  the  date  of  the 
present  writing,  Feb.  15,  1919.  It  gives  promise  of  lasting 
longer.  Never  will  the  men  forget  those  two  French  villages. 
They  have  policed  and  swept  every  square  inch  of  them.  They 
know  every  street  turn,  every  house.  They  have  walked  post 
past  its  barns  and  houses,  built  one  to  the  other,  until  they 
know  every  window,  every  iron  bar,  every  door. 

During  December  there  was  rain  every  day  and  almost 
equally  frequent  participation  in  the  "problems"  that  were 
carried  through  by  battalion,  regiment,  brigade,  division  and 
army  corps.  These  problems  gave  excellent  practice  to  the 
field  officers  and  various  other  practice  to  the  under-officers 
and  men.  It  will  be  remembered  as  the  time  when  the  regi- 
ment could  not  get  shoes,  and  the  old  hobnails  of  a  Vezelois 
issue  were  running  at  the  heel. 

Also,  it  will  be  recalled  by  the  Ribeaucourt  maneuverists 
as  being  the  time  when  the  reveilles  were  in  the  middle  of 
nights  so  that  battalions  could  get  to  certain  concentration 
points  at  the  allotted  time.  Also,  as  containing  the  times  when 
the  Ribeaucourt  companies  returned  from  maneuvers  in  the 
blackness  of  the  following  nights.  In  fact,  some  of  the  most 
uncomfortable  days  in  the  army  were  spent  in  the  rain  and 
snow  of  the  December,  1918,  problems. 

During  the  days  of  Christmas  there  was  a  respite.     On 


Noel  day  the  men  of  the  regiment  had  Christmas  trees  for 
the  children  of  Ribeaucourt  and  Bonnet  and  had  money  left 
over  from  the  collection  to  later  send  to  the  Stars  and  Stripes 
fund  for  French  orphans. 

In  January  close  order  drill  was  resumed.  A  new  schedule 
was  got  out  by  the  Division  that  confined  drill  and  maneuvers 
to  the  mornings  and  assigned  one  hour  to  athletics  with  re- 
treat and  inspection  for  the  afternoon  programs. 

For  a  short  time,  Major  Grove  had  succeeded  Captain 
Schenk  as  the  actual  commander  of  the  3d  Bn.  He  was  an 
officer  of  much  National  Guard  experience  and  in  his  brief 
stay  earned  the  complete  confidence  of  the  officers  and  men. 
In  January,  Major  Wilson  came  back  to  the  battalion  from 
the  Langres  staff  school.  Shortly  afterward,  Major  Kipp  was 
sent  there  from  the  2d  Bn. 

Homesickness  is  Combated 

During  all  the  time  in  France,  the  regiment  had  had  its 
noncommissioned  officer  ranks  depleted  by  quotas  to  officer 
candidates'  schools,  and  had  also  rotated  officers  and  N.  C. 
O's.  to  corps  schools. 

The  talk  of  going  home,  the  baseless  rumors  and  general 
homesickness  bestirred  the  regiment  to  active  means  of  com- 
bating the  situation.  A  regimental  entertainment  committee 
was  formed.  To  date  the  committee  has  been  responsible  for 
the  securing  of  three  theatre  buildings,  two  in  Ribeaucourt 
and  one  in  Bonnet.  It  started  the  ambitious  show-a-night 
program  which  brought  the  Regiment  and  Division  attention 
throughout  the  A.  E.  F. 

Also,  there  was  started  a  weekly  paper,  "The  Tars  and 
Tripes,"  gotten  out  on  a  mimeograph,  and  filled  with  personal 
news  of  men  throughout  the  regiment.  Athletic  and  drill 
competitions  were  arranged. 

Furthermore,  an  Adrian  barracks  was  procured  for  each 
company.  Electric  lights  were  installed  in  Bonnet.  Billets 
were  provided  with  stoves  and  wood  bought  from  the  local 
communal  forests  by  the  company  funds. 

At  present  the  regiment  is  bending  efforts  to  the  winning 
of  the  Division  Horse  Show  competition. 

(SUMMARY— This  narrative  of  the  352d  has  been  a  long 
one.  It  is  aimed  to  give  all  the  surface  facts  that  have  happen- 
ed to  the  regiment.  Its  members  may  read  the  narrative  and 
by  these  mentionings  be  reminded  of  the  more  personal  ex- 
periences that  relate  to  them.  We  know  we  are  a  good  regi- 
ment. We  understand  that  we  have  not  the  glowing  record 
of  the  Blue  Devils,  of  the  Princess  Pats,  of  the  13th  What- 
Nots.  But  we  do  understand,  too,  that  these  things  are  in 
the  main  matters  of  circumstance  and  opportunity.  So,  voila 
and  comme-ca.  We,  to  the  number  of  621,  come  from  Iowa, 
U.  S.  A.,  604  of  us  from  Missouri,  494  from  Minnesota.  432 
from  North  Dakota,  308  from  Kansas,  200  from  South  Dakota, 
78  from  Nebraska  and  39  from  Illinois.  This  is  our  present 
strength,  which  is  2,849.  Those  are  good  states  to  come  from 
and  they  are  good  states  to  go  to.  We  shall  do  that  one  of 
these  days,  and  then,  afterward,  we  shall  treasure  in  our 
memory  the  experiences  of  the  3S2d,  not  always  pleasant, 
sometimes  good  red-blooded  action,  never  ladylike,  always  of 
the  stuff  of  a  man's  job. — D.  C.  O.) 


'JTJUrr,  J3ff»^.     J 
/a  Act<<w~* 


PART  4 


History  of  the  163  d  F.  A.  Brigade 


(The  following  was  prepared  from  a  sickbed  by  Major 
John  11.  MacMillan,  Jr.,  of  Minneapolis,  former  adjutant  of 
the  163d  F.  A.  Brig.,  hence  under  difficult  circumstances,  and 
without  extensive  data  at  hand.  Major  MacMillan  was  con- 
valescing at  the  time  at  a  Los  Angeles  Sanitarium,  and  was 
well  on  the  road  to  recovery  after  a  severe  illness). 

The  Field  Artillery  Brigade  of  the'  88th  Div.  came  into 
existence  during  the  latter  part  of  August,  1917,  when  Camp 
Dodge  was  as  yet  only  half  constructed.  Its  first  members, 
four  officers  of  the  regular  army,  reported  for  duty  at  Division 
Headquarters  in  the  old  brick  house  on  the  hill.  But  one  of 
these,  the  brigade  commander,  Brig.  Gen.  Stephen  M.  Foote, 
remained  with  the  brigade  until  its  dissolution.  Two  others 
retained  command  of  their  regiments  until  they  were  ordered 
home  from  France  in  December,  1918.  These  were  Colonels 
George  R.  Greene  and  Samuel  C.  Vestal,  commanding  the 
337th  and  339th  Regiments  respectively.  Lieut.  Col.  Francis 
W.  Honeycutt,  the  fourth,  commanded  the  338th  until  he  was 
ordered  to  the  general  staff  a  month  or  two  before  the  regi- 
ment sailed  for  France. 

The  junior  officers  of  the  brigade,  graduates  of  the  first 
O.  T.  C.  at  Ft.  Snelling,  joined  the  last  day  of  August,  and 
were  assigned  to  regiments  immediately  on  reporting.  Of 
enlisted  personnel  there  was  none  until  late  in  September, 
when  the  drafts  began  arriving  from  points  throughout  the 
Northwest.  From  this  first  draft  were  drawn  most  of  the 
N.  C.  O.'s  who  remained  with  their  organizations  to  the  bitter 
end. 

The  history  of  the  Field  Artillery  Brigade  at  Camp  Dodge 
differed  but  little  from  that  of  the  rest  of  the  Division.  There 
were  the  usual  drills,  the  disheartening  transfers  of  men  to 
other  camps,  and  interminable  schools.  Most  of  the  officers 
were  sent  to  the  School  of  Fire  for  Field  Artillery  at  Ft. 
Sill,  Okla.,  for  a  ten  weeks'  course  of  instruction.  Of  mater- 
ial there  was  little.  Field  pieces  and  horses  seemed  few  and 
far  between  except  for  a  period  during  the  winter  when  the 
officers  of  the  338th  had  to  groom  horses  from  early  morning 
until  late  at  night. 

Major  Harrison  Fuller,  Brigade  adjutant,  who  is  assistant 
managing  editor  of  the  St.  Paul  Dispatch  in  private  life,  was 
sent  to  the  Ft.  Sill  school  as  instructor,  in  February,  1918,  re- 
maining there  throughout  the  war. 

The  brigade  was  ordered  to  France  as  a  part  of  the  88th 
Div.,  but  was  the  last  of  the  Division  to  set  sail.  We  left 
Camp  Dodge  during  the  hottest  part  of  a  very  hot  August, 
and  few  regretted  leaving  its  dust  and  muck,  and  cheerfully 
forgot  the  long  months  of  weary  waiting. 

Detachment  Goes  First 

The  first  unit  to  sail  was  an  advance  detachment  of  se- 
•  lected  officers  and  men,  destined  to  take  a  gruelling  course  of 
instruction  at  Coetquidan.  near  Brest.  The  remaining  units 
sailed  in  separate  convoys  between  the  15th  and  23rd  of  Au- 
gust, 1918,  all  from  Hoboken,  The  trips  across  were  without 
incident,  except  for  the  good  Portuguese  ship  Traz  os  Montes, 
which  carried  Brigade  Headquarters  and  the  338th,  as  well 
as  some  overflow  officers  from  the  313th  and  337th  F.  A.  Am- 
munition Train.  The  troops  were  on  this  transport  for  23 
days,  and  had  the  pleasure  of  drinking  brackish  water  or  "dago 
red,"  besides  experiencing  the  thrill  of  a  submarine  attack. 
That  the  Traz  os  Montes  escaped  was  due  solely  to  the  in- 
capacity, or  forethought  of  the  Portuguese  officers  in  forcing 
the  Persic,  carrying  troops  from  Camp  Pike,  to  trade  places 
in-  the  convoy.  Needless  to  state  it  was  the  Persic  that  was 
torpedoed,  and  not  the  Traz  os  Montes.  What  the  captain  of 
the  Persic  thought  of  it  is  not  on  record  but  all  on  the  Traz 
os  Montes  felt  duly  grateful  to  our  gallant  Portuguese  cap- 
tain. 


Excepting  for  the  313th  Ammunition  Train,  and  some 
few  officers  later  sent  forward  for  instruction,  this  was  the 
only  action  seen  by  the  brigade. 

The  troops  landed  in  England,  some  at  London,  some  at 
Liverpool,  and  some  at  Southampton.  A  few  days  in  a  rest 
camp  near  Southampton  and  all  were  hurried  across  to  Le 
Havre.  A  few  more  days  in  another  rest  (  ?)  camp  and  the 
brigade  was  scattered  all  over  France.  So  thoroughly  scat- 
tered in  fact  that  the  brigade  commander  and  the  chief  of 
artillery  required  several  weeks  to  find  out  just  where  their 
units  were  located,  and  just  which  ones  really  did  belong  to 
whom.     Units  were  finally  located  as  follows : 

337th  F.  A. — In  billets  near  Clermont-Ferrand  (Puy  de 
Dome. 

338th  F.  A. — Camp  de  Souge  near  Bordeaux. 

339th  F.  A. — In  billets  near  Clermont-Ferrand. 

313th  T.  M.  Batt.— At  the  Trench  Artillery  School  at 
Vitry,  near  Langres. 

313th  Amm.  Tr.— With  the  88th  Division. 

Brigade   Headquarters — In   luxury   at   Clermont-Ferrand. 

Regiments  are  Equipped 

It  took  some  two  or  three  weeks  finally  to  determine  what 
constituted  the  brigade,  and  it  was  then  decreed  by  the  powers 
that  be,  that  it  should  consist  of  Brigade  Headquarters,  and 
the  337th  and  339th  F.  A.  Regiments,  both  to  be  equipped  with 
the  155  mm,  Grand  Puissance  Filloux,  motorized.  The  338th 
was  to  become  army  artillery  and  to  be  equipped  with  75mm 
guns,  mounted  on  trucks  one  day,  and  horsed  the  next — i.  e. 
it  never  was  settled.  The  Trench  Mortar  Battery  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Trench  Artillery  School  at  Vitry.  The  brigade 
was  then  assigned  tentatively  to  be  the  corps  artillery  of  the 
VII  Corps,  one  of  the  units  of  the  2nd  Army.  Unfortunately 
just  when  the  brigade  was  to  move  forward  the  Germans  saw 
fit  to  call  it  quits. 

The  338th  was  in  cantonments  at  Camp  de  Souge.  amid 
the  sand  dunes  of  Gironde.  The  337th  was  in  billets  in  the 
little  villages  of  Blanzat,  Gerzat,  and  Cebezat,  8  km.  north  of 
Clermont-Ferrand.  The  339th,  was  in  St.  Amande  Tallende 
and  St.  Saturnin,  some  15  km.  south  of  Clermont-Ferrand. 
Parts  of  the  Ammunition  Train  were  for  a  while  at  Vertazon, 
20  km.  east  of  Clermont.  Clermont  itself  was  the  headquar- 
ters of  the  Organization  and  Training  Center  Tractor  Artil- 
lery, No.  3.  Each  regiment  sent  selected  officers  and  men  to 
the  "Center"  for  brief  courses  in  the  care  and  use  of  their 
guns  and  tractors.  These  men  then  returned  to  their  organi- 
zations which  had  by  that  time  received  some  material,  and  in 
turn  instructed  the  rest  of  the  men. 

The  French  assured  us  that  all  this  training  which  we  re- 
ceived during  September,  October  and  November,  really  was 
not  necessary  in  view  of  the  thorough  training  received  in  the 
U.  S.  A.  but  that  it  was  impossible  to  supply  us  with  materials 
until  late  in  November,  consequently  we  were  placed  back  out 
of  the  way  to  kill  time  as  best  we  could.  Be  that  as  it  may, 
we  made  rapid  progress  in  the  use  of  our  equipment  and  com- 
pleted our  course,  by  having  each  battalion  spend  a  week  on 
the  magnificent  firing  range  in  the  mountains  some  20  km. 
west  of  Clermont-Ferrand.  Clermont-Ferrand  is  in  the  heart 
of  Auvergne,  in  the  oldest  (and,  I  might  add  the  dirtiest)  part 
of  France.  A  favorite  French  insult  is  to  say  "As  dirty  as 
an  Auvergnain." 

Late  in  November,  the  29th  to  be  exact,  we  received  our 
orders  to  turn  in  our  equipment  preparatory  to  returning  to 
the  U.  S.  This  was  done  in  record  time,  and  the  first  of 
Decemher  saw  us  headed  toward  Bordeaux.  The  guns  and 
tractors  were  hauled  overland  in  record  time,  covering  the 
300-odd  kilometers  in  a  little  over  five  days.  "The  race 
to  Bordeaux"  it  was  called,  and  the  337th  convoy  under  com- ' 


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mand  of  Lt.  Col.  H.  Ray  Freeman,  defeated  the  339th  convoy 
commanded  by  Major  William  B.  Rosevear,  Jr.,  by  two  minutes 
and  30  seconds.  The  rest  of  the  brigade  went  by  train,  and  had 
visions  of  stepping  from  train  to  boat,  but  were  instead  forc- 
ed to  go  into  billets  just  north  of  Bordeaux,  on  the  banks 
of  the  Dordogne.  Brigade  Headquarters  was  in  the  chateau 
of  Mongeont-le-Gravier,  which  was  literally  translated  by 
their  envious  friends  as  "Riding  the  Gravy,"  in  the  village 
of  St.  Eulalie,  called  "Ukelele." 

It  was  the  day  before  Christmas  when  the  339th  finished 
up  its  football  tournament,  whereupon  we  were  at  liberty  to 
move  into  Camp  Genicart,  where  the  338th  had  already  pre- 
ceded us  from  Camp  de  Souge.  This  last  named  regiment 
sailed  Dec.  23.  Brigade  Headquarters  followed  on  Christ- 
mas day,  while  the  337th  and  339th  left  in  small  detach- 
ments during  January.  Excepting  for  one  detachment  which 
had  to  put  in  at  the  Azores  for  repairs  to  their  ship,  the  trip 
home  was  uneventful.  More  rest  camps,  more  delousers, 
more  examinations,  stacks  of  paperwork,  and  we  were 
through.  Brigade  Headquarters  was  mustered  out  at  Camp 
Dodge,  Jan.  20,  1919,  a  day  or  two  after  the  338th  had  been 
released.  Within  a  month  all  of  the  units  had  been  dis- 
banded. 


The  organization   was   commanded   as   follows : — 

Brigade  Commander — Brig.  Gen.  Stephen  M.  Foote. 

337th   F.   A. — From   organization   until    December    1918,    Col. 
George  R.  Greene. 

From  December,  1918,  until  discharge  Lt.  Col. 
H.  R.  Freeman. 

338th   F.    A.— From    organization   until    May,    1918,    Lt.    Col. 
Francis  W.  Honeycutt. 

From   May,   1918,   until  discharge  Col.   Ned  B. 
Rehkopf. 

339th   F.   A. — From   organization   until   December,    1918,   Col. 
Samuel  C.  Vestal. 

From  December,  1918,  until  discharge,  Lt.  Col. 
Harold  Burdick. 

313th  Trench  Mortar  Battery — Capt.  Donald  Stewart. 


313th    Ammunition    Train — From    organization    to    February, 
1918,  Lt.  Col.  Ernest  Olmstead. 
From  February,  1918,  until  sailing  Col.  Milton 
A.  Elliott,  Jr. 
From  sailing  until  discharge,  Lt.  Col.  Olmstead 

Chronology 

1917 

First  Reserve  Officers  Training  Camp — May  15-Aug.  15. 

Regular  Army  Officers  Report — Aug.  15-29. 

Reserve  Officers   Report — Aug.  29. 

Drafted  Men  Report — Sept.  5. 

First  Detachment  sent  to  Camp  Pike — Xov-16-19. 

1918 

Training  and  Transferring  of  Draft  Men  until  June. 

Brigade  leaves   Camp  Dodge — Aug.  10-13. 

Leaves  Hoboken — Aug.  16-23. 

Arrives   England — Aug.  26-Sept.  3. 

Arrives  Le  Havre — Sept.  4-12. 

Units  arrive  at  Training  Centers — Sept.  10-16. 

313th  Amra.  Tr.  joins  88th  Division — Oct. 

Brig.  Hq.,  337th  and  339th  leave  Clermont  Ferrand— Dec.  1. 

Arrive  billets  Bordeaux — Dec.  2. 

1919 

Brigade  leaves  France — Dec.  23-Jan.  25. 

Brigade  discharged — Jan.   19-Feb.  20. 

General  Foote,  Brigade  commander,  died  Oct.  30,  1919,  at 
the  post  hospital  at  Fort  Banks.  His  temporary  commission 
of  brigadier  general  was  canceled  after  the  demobilization  of 
the  command  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  held  the  rank 
of  colonel  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  to  which  he  was  promoted 
in  1911.    He  was  in  command  of  the  coast  defenses  of  Boston. 

Stephen  Miller  Foote  was  born  at  La  Salle,  Mich.,  in  1859, 
and  was  appointed  to  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy  from  Ver- 
mont. He  had  the  distinction  of  being  the  original  advocate 
of  summer  training  camps  for  college  men.  In  1897  he  won  a 
gold  medal  of  the  Military  Service  Institution  for  the  best 
essay  on  raising,  organizing  and  training  volunteers. 


Views  around  Chateau  Billets  inside  of  in  .insure  at  Blanzat  (lower  left)  Lt.  H. 
C.  Metcalf,  Lt.  (Capt.)  M.  S.  Robb,  Lt.  E.  F.  Ver  Wiebe  of  D  Bty..  337th  F.  A.;  (upper 
right  )Hq,  Bty.  and  Officers'  Sleeping  Quarters,  Old  Chateau;  (upper  left)  View  from 
New  Chateau. 


History  of  the  337th  F.  A.  Regt. 


Following  is  a  brief  summary  of  the  principal  events  in 
the  history  of  the  337th  F.  A.,  prepared  by  Eugene  S.  Bibb, 
Captain  F.  A.,  regimental  adjutant: 

The  337th  F.  A.  under  command  of  Col.  George  R. 
Greene  consisted  of  National  Army  men  inducted  into  the 
service  September,  1917,  at  which  time  the  entire  Regiment 
was  composed  of  Minneapolis  men.  We  were  unfortunate, 
however,  during  the  next  11  months  in  losing  our  entire  en- 
listed personnel,  with  the  exception  of  noncommissioned  offi- 
cers, through  transfer.  Our  career  in  Camp  Dodge  covered 
a  period  of  a  trifle  over  11  months,  in  which  time  we  gained 
a  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  most  efficient  organizations 
in  the  88th  Div. 

The  Advance  Party  left  Camp  Dodge  July  ,25,  1918,  and 
arrived  at  Camp  Upton,  N.  Y.,  July  28;  embarked  on  the  S. 
S.  Leviathan  Aug.  3,  at  noon  and  sailed  from  Hoboken  Aug. 
4;  landed  at  Brest,  France,  Aug.  11,  and  marched  to  Pon- 
tanzen  Barracks,  where  the  party  was  quartered  in  an  area 
formerly  occupied  by  Napoleon.  The  members  were  sent  to 
schools  at  Gequetdan,  France,  attending  four  weeks'  courses 
in  all  classes  of  artillery  preparation.  They  rejoined  the 
Regiment  at  Cebazat,  France,  Sept.  12,  1918.  The  party 
consisted  of  54  enlisted  men  and  the  following  officers : 

Lieut.  Col.  Henry  R.  Freeman,  Jr.,  Major  Benjamin  F. 
Brundred,  Major  Richard  W.  Redfield,  Capr.  Raymond  T. 
Benson,  Capt.  James  A.  Cathcart,  Capt.  C.  A.  Lyman,  1st 
Lt.  Carl  H.  Gewalt,  2nd  Lt.  Robert  A.  Schmitt,  Capt.  Walter 
J.  Kennedy,  1st  Lt.  Glen  Ireland,  1st  Lt.  Harold  T.  Lander- 
you,  1st  Lt.  Dabney  G.  Miller,  Capt.  Jesse  E.  Maxey,  1st  Lt. 
John  D.  Matz,  1st  Lt.  Howard  G.  Mealey,  and  1st  Lt.  Miles 
H.  McNally. 

We  (the  Regiment)  left  Camp  Dodge  Aug.  11,  1918, 
stopping  at  Camp  Mills,  Long  Island,  prior  to  embarking  for 
overseas.  We  boarded  the  H.  M.  T.  Bohemian,  an  English 
vessel,  at  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Aug.  17,  1918.  We  lay  in  the 
harbor  24  hours  while  our  convoy  was  being  made  up  and  on 
the   18th    we   started    for    foreign    shores   accompanied   by   a 


dirigible,  an  aeroplane  and  a  number  of  cruisers  and  torpedo 
boats. 

We  landed  at  Liverpool,  England,  Aug.  31,  after  an  un- 
eventful voyage  and  marched  from  the  docks  to  an  American 
rest  camp  at  "Knotty  Ash,"  England.  From  Knotty  Ash 
we  boarded  a  train  and  arrived  at  Southampton,  Sept.  2  and 
camped  at  Camp  "Burning  Ash."  The  3rd  of  September  we 
boarded  the  S.  S.  Narragansett,  manned  by  American  sailors 
and  crossed  the  English  Channel  arriving  at  Le  Havre, 
France.  Leaving  an  American  Rest  Camp  at  Le  Havre  we 
boarded  a  train  and  rode  to  Clermont-Ferrand,  passing  with- 
in 12  kilometers  of  Paris.  We  arrived  at  Clermont-Ferrand 
Sept.  8,  marching  from  there  and  billeting  at  Cebazat,  Gerzat 
and  Blanzat. 

We  entered  the  O.  &  T.  C,  T.  A.  No.  3,  at  Clermont- 
Ferrand  and  completed  a  five  weeks'  course  covering  all 
classes  of  artillery  preparation.  On  completing  school  we 
received  a  number  of  155  mm  G.  P.  F.  guns  and  tractors 
and  commenced  firing  on  the  range  which  completed  our 
training  prior  to  being  sent  to  the  front.  The  armistice 
was  signed  only  a  few  days  before  we  were  scheduled  to 
depart  for  the  front. 

On  Nov.  30  we  received  orders  to  move  to  Bordeaux 
which  was  our  first  step  to  the  U.  S.  A.,  arriving  at  St. 
Loubes  Dec.  1. 

After  completing  our  records  at  St.  Loubes  we  were 
ordered  to  the  Permanent  Embarkation  Camp  at  Bordeaux. 
Before  leaving  St.  Loubes  our  commanding  officer,  Colonel 
Greene,  was  transferred  (Dec.  15,  1918)  to  the  5th  F.  A. 
Brig,  stationed  in  Bigburg,  Germany. 

At  the  permanent  embarkation  camp  at  Bordeaux  we 
were  put  through  a  delousing  mill  and  new  clothing  issued 
to  all  the  men.  The  8th  of  January,  1919,  we  sailed  for 
the  U.  S.,  arriving  at  Hoboken,  Jan.  19,  1919.  We  entrained 
at  Hoboken  on  the  20th  and  arrived  at  Camp  Merritt,  N.  J., 
the  same  day.  We  rested  at  Camp  Merritt  until  Jan.  23, 
entraining  on  that  date  for  Camp  Dodge,  Iowa,  and  arriving 
Jan.  26,  1919. 


Paper  Factory  at  Blanzat,  part  of  which  was  occupied  by  portion  of  D  Bty. 


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The  story  of  the  337th  Regiment  of  Field  Artillery  is  a 
story  of  tragedy — as  befits  a  war  narrative.  But  there  are 
varieties  of  tragedy,  and  this  is  of  a  different  character  from 
the  kind  that  goes  with  carnage  and  sudden  death.  It  is 
more  of  the  kind  that  had  to  do  with  the  sensibilities  of  the 
soldiers  who  were  marched  bravely  "up  the  hill  and  then 
marched  down  again." 

The  first  of  the  series  of  heart-breaking  events  was  in 
November,  1917,  when  the  rookies  of  the  first  draft,  having 
been  drilled  and  taught,  and  drilled  and  taught,  and  having 
developed  some  of  the  spirit  and  mutual  regard  that  follow 
close  association  under  hard  conditions,  the  batteries  and 
companies  were  ripped  asunder  and  all  but  a  comparative 
handful   sent  away  to  other  camps. 

A  long,  short-handed  winter  followed,  when  there  were 
scarcely  enough  men  for  guard,  K.  P.  and  other  similar 
duties.  It  came  to  be  known  as  the  "Siege  of  Camp  Dodge," 
and  ended  only  when  on  Feb.  22,  1918,  another  quota  of  the 
first  draft  began  to  arrive.  Once  more  the  units  went  up  to 
near  full  strength  and  drill  and  teaching  went  ahead  again 
with  renewed  vigor.  They  were  training  for  the  big  war 
and  hoped  they  soon  would,  go  over  there  together. 

But  alas !  Late  in  March  and  into  April  orders  came 
once  more  stripping  the  organizations  to  two  or  three  dozen. 

Then  on  April  28  another  increment  took  the  places  of 
those  lost  and  once  more  the  barracks  at  the  north  end  of 
Camp  Dodge  filled  up  and  the  grounds  of  the  area  became 
beehives  of  industry.  It  required  a  special  brand  of  zeal  and 
patriotism  for  the  officers  and  noncoms  to  maintain  their  in- 
terest in  drilling  set  after  set  of  temporary  units,  but  there 
was  always  the  hope  that  possibly  the  last  to  come  would  be 
permanent. 

.But  the  latest  arrivals  remained  only  about  a  month, 
when  they,  too,  were  ordered  away.  About  15  camps  all 
over  the  country  by  this  time  had  considerable  quotas  of  men 
who  acquired  their  initial  military  training  at  the  hands  of 
the  "drill  masters"  of  Camp  Dodge. 

May  28  was  the  date  of  the  next  experiment  at  raising 
a  permanent  regiment — and  this  time,  as  it  turned  out,  the 
recruits  came  "for  keeps."  In  June  more  arrived,  at  the 
same  time  as  drill  became  feverish  in  intensity  at  the  pros- 
pect of  departure  overseas  at  last.  Still  the  units  were  not 
full  strength,  but  when  the  regiment  finally  got  under  way 
for  France  in  August,  1918,  and  stopped  at  Camp  Mills,  L.  I., 
before  embarking,  the  ranks  were  filled  or  nearly  so  with 
men   from  various  localities. 

France  at  last!  This  was  the  goal  and  aim  of  the  year  of 
preparation  which  had  been  the  lot  of  the  original  faithfuls. 
But  of  the  real,  pure-stock  337th-ers  of  September,  1917, 
there  were  very  few  in  the  organization  which  made  its  way 
to  Clermont-Ferrand  (Puy  de  Dome),  France,  in  September, 
1918,  and  went  into  training  anew  and  with  tremendous  appli- 
cation. Some  units  had  only  three  or  four  men,  besides  the 
officers,  who  had  been  in  Camp  Dodge  a  year  before. 

But  the  frequent  disappointments,  the  feelings  of  out- 
rage and  discouragement  were  forgotten.  Here  they  were 
where  the  war  was  at  last,  and  there  were  big  guns,  regular 
war  stuff,  to  play  with.  The  past  was  allowed  to  remain  past. 
Now  was  real  work  to  do  and  no  time  for  memories  or 
regrets.  There  were  new  drills,  range  work  and  maneuvers — 
plenty  of  hard  drill.  True,  the  war  was  still  far  away  from 
this  spot  south  of  the  center  of  France,  but  if  they  did  not 
go  to  Death  up  there  along  the  "Front,"  at  least  Death  came 
to  them,  and  the  "flu"  swept  the  ranks  and  laid  many  low, 

Braced  for  Bloody  Work 

That  was  hard  to  put  up  with,  but  it  was  a  small  matter 
after  all.  They  were  bracing  themselves  for  the  bloody  work 
that  was  due  to  be  coming  to  them  soon.  Word  of  it  came 
through  early  in  November  and  there  was  joy  at  the  prospect 
of  putting  into  practical  use  the  lessons  so  thoroughly  mas- 
tered. Everything  and  everybody  was  ready  and  it  is  prob- 
able that  interspersed  with  the  sensations  of  small-boy  ex- 
pectancy and  delight  were  frequent  twinges  of  trepidation 
and  speculation.  But  all  were  keyed  up  to  go  through  with 
whatever  was  in  store  and  to  do  it  gloriously,  gladly,  freel) . 
when — The  war  was  over. 


There  was  no  war  for  them  to  go  to,  no  place  to  make 
use  of  all  the  learning  and  test  out  their  gathered  valor. 
The  great  efforts,  the  constant  strain,  the  conscious  weight,  all 
ended  in  an  anti-climax  for  the  337th  Regiment  of  Field  Ar- 
tillery, and  there  was  nothing  further  to  do  for  the  men  in 
the  military  world,  so  they  turned  around  and  marched 
"down  the  hill"  again — that  is  home.  Thus  began,  ensued 
and  ended  the  history  of  as  snappy  an  organization  as  the 
United  States  ever  formed  out  of  its  citizens  to  go  oyer  to 
Europe  and  put  an  end  to  the  activities  of  one  W.  Hohen- 
zollern  and  his  followers. 

Thus  it  would  seem  that  all  the  time  the  members  of  the 
regiment  devoted  to  the  art  of  war  was  dissipated  and  gone 
for  naught.  But  such  is  by  no  means  the  case.  Whether  or 
not  the  men  proceeded  as  far  as  the  front  line  was  a  small 
matter.  They  had  gone  through  the  stages  that  make  a  sol- 
dier a  good  fighting  man.  The  small  step  farther,  from  Puy 
de  Dome  to  Metz,  where  the  regiment  was  scheduled  to 
"go  in,"  while  it  would  have  proved  a  refining  process  of  val- 
ue to  the  experienced  gunner,  would  have  added  little  to  his 
fund  of  lore.  Yet  it  would  have  been  the  "finishing  touch" — 
it  would  have  provided  the  satisfaction  that  every  strong 
man  craved  as  a  reward  for  long  and  patient  effort.  That 
the  regiment  was  robbed  of  this  opportunity  was  the  final 
and  crowning  tragedy. 

The  early  history  of  the  337th  F.  A.,  is  so  much  of  a 
piece  with  the  stories  of  all  the  other  organizations  of  the 
88th  Div.  while  at  Camp  Dodge  that  going  into  further  de- 
tail of  that  portion  of  the  story  than  has  already  been  done 
would  be  needless  repetition  of  matter  that  can  be  obtained 
by  glancing  over  preceding  narratives.  The  Regiment  re- 
ceived its  first  men  from  the  early  contingent  of  5  per  cent  of 
the  first  draft,  who  arrived  Sept.  5,  1917.  These  men  were 
drilled  hurriedly  and  intensively'  in  order  that  they  might 
lie  prepared,  in  their  turn,  to  drill  the  next  increment  due  in 
a  few  days. 

This  first  "bunch"  was  of  a  high  order,  men  not  only  of 
superior  intelligence  and  ability,  but  men  filled  with  a  superior 
ardor  and  desire  to  make  use  of  themselves  for  the  glory 
of  their  country.  It  was  a  marvelous  spectacle  to  see  bow, 
almost  in  a  few  hours,  they  grasped  the  right  idea  and  took 
form  as  trained  soldiery.  The  nation  owes  much  to  these 
early  men  who  first  reported  at  Camp  Dodge,  for  the  speed 
and  excellency  with  which  the  National  Army  was  made  lit 
for  the  front. 

Col.  George  R.  Greene  was  designated  to  command  the 
337th  and  he  remained  with  the  organization  overseas.  In 
the  first  days  at  Camp  Dodge  the  artillery  area  was  near 
the  southern  end  of  the  cantonment,  but  as  building  construc- 
tion extended  farther  and  farther,  the  three  regiments  were 
allotted  barracks  side  by  side  at  the  north  end  of  camp,  near 
the  Base  Hospital,  and  the  artillery  range  was  established 
adjoining  this  area  toward  the  north  and  slightly  west. 

A  special  feature  of  the  early  life  at  Camp  Dodge  and 
the  training  there  was  the  various  schools  to  which  officers 
and  men  were  sent  for  specific  instruction  in  various  states. 
The  School  of  Fire  at  Ft.  Sill  drew  hundreds  from  the 
163d  Brig. 

Little  if  any  more  than  90  per  cent  of  the  337th  is  in- 
terested in  what  happened  during  the  first  eight  or  nine 
months  at  Camp  Dodge,  for  that  portion  was  not  there  then. 
In  June  and  July,  1918,  however,  the  contingent  then  present 
knew  or  felt  that  something  was  in  the  air  and  the  vigor 
with  which  work  was  prosecuted  foretold  that  the  "some- 
thing" was  the  order  overseas.  Those  were  memorable  days 
as  the  companies  and  batteries  were  being  whipped  into  shape 
for  the  big  adventure  across  the  water.  Detachments  of  men 
were  received  at  various  times,  mostly  from  Camp  Funston 
and  the  Dunwoody  Institute  at  Minneapolis,  being  assimilated 
with  great  benefit  to  the  organizations. 

Long  Ways  to  Town 

Life  at  Camp  Dodge  that  summer  was  too  strenuous  to 
permit  much  time  or  opportunity  for  more  than  the  scheduled 
portion  of  recreation.  It  was  a  long  ways  to  town  in  either 
direction  along  the  Intcrurban  Railroad  (or  "Interruption" 
Line  as  it  was  quickly  dubbed)  and  training  began  early  in 
the   morning   and   continued   until    late   evening.     There   was 


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no  time  to  go  anywhere.  Camp  Dodge  was  "strictly  business" 
and  so  long  as  there  was  prospect  of  early  transfer  overseas 
the  men  offered  no  objection  but  put  their  shoulders  to  the 
wheel  with  one  accord  and  admirable  cooperation. 

Departure  of  the  337th  Regiment's  detail  to  help  make 
up  the  Advance  Party  to  France  July  25,  1918,  was  a  distinct 
event,  and  made  all  feel  that  at  last  the  Regiment  and  Division 
were  an  accepted  part  of  the  machine  fighting  the  Huns. 
With  the  leaving  of  the  advance  and  school  detachments  the 
movement  abroad  was  under  way  in  earnest. 

One  of  the  memorable  incidents  of  the  cross-country 
journey  from  Camp  Dodge  to  the  sea  was  the  plunge  in  Lake 
Erie  near  Cleveland,  and  another  was  the  ministrations  of 
the  women  of  the  Red  Cross  at  certain  points  along  the  route. 
At  'Camp  Mills  the  men  received  their  overseas  "gear," 
batteries  which  were  below  strength  received  new  members, 
and  officers  acquired  their  Sam  Browne  belts  and  gained 
more  of  the  more  or  less  erroneous  information  regarding 
what  could  be  taken  overseas  in  the  way  of  personal  property 
and  what  was  prohibited.  Officers'  baggage  was  limited  to  a 
trunk  locker  of  150  pounds,  a  bedroll  and  such  baggage  as 
could  be  carried  on  the  person. 

There  were  eight  troop  ships  in  the  convoy  of  which  the 
Bohemian,  carrying  the  337th  Regt.,  was  a  part.  The  Bo- 
hemian, however,  was  unable  to  accommodate  all  the  337th 
officers,  and  Lieutenant  A.  G.  Bainbridge,  Jr.,  of  Minneapolis 
and  Edward  C.  Monahan  of  Denver,  were  sent  aboard  the 
Traz  os  Montes,  as  was  also  Lt.  Charles  P.  Kelly  of  the  313th 
Ammunition  Train.  The  brigade  commander  and  staff,  and 
the  338th  F.  A.,  with  certain  other  miscellaneous  officers, 
were  aboard  the  Traz  os  Montes,  a  Portuguese  ship  with  a 
Portuguese  captain  and  crew.  The  eight  ships  had  little 
more  than  got  under  way  when  the  Traz  os  Montes  "burst 
a  boiler,"  as  some  of  the  Americans  expressed  it.  She  had 
engine  trouble,  at  any  rate,  and  was  obliged  to  fall  behind, 
turn  around  and  steam  back  to  New  York  for  repairs. 

Irksome  Days  of  Waiting 

Those  were  irksome  days  of  waiting  for  those  on  board, 
not  only  because  of  the  delay  and  getting  behind  the  rest  of 
the  convoy,  but  because  of  the  foul  smell  of  the  vessel,  and 
denial  of  shore  leave  to  New  York.  The  Montes  had  been 
loaded  Aug.  17,  and  steamed  out  of  New  York  at  7:35  A.  M. 
next  day,  Sunday.  It  was  2:30  P.  M.  when  the  accident  oc- 
curred which  sent  the  boat  back.  It  was  an  old  tub,  and  had 
been  used  to  convey  negro  troops  for  the  French. 

Day  after  day  went  by  and  still  they  remained  at  anchor. 
Then  Lieut.  Bainbridge  took  up  a  collection  with  which  to 
buy  a  phonograph  and  records  for  an  army  hospital,  which 
gave  him  an  excuse  to  go  to. New  York  and  get  the  accumu- 
lated letters  in  the  mail.  One  method  of  killing  time  and 
keeping  the  men  clean  was  to  permit  them  to  row  about  in  the 
lifeboats  and  go  to  the  beach  at  Tompkinsville  to  swim.  This 
gave  some  of  the  officers  an  idea.  Just  whose  idea  it  was 
may  be  a  question,  but  Bainbridge  asserted  it  was  broached 
by  Lieut.  Monahan.  Anyway,  on  the  sixth  day  after  this 
tiresome  lying  in  wait,  and  after  an  afternoon  swim  at  the 
beach,  it  was  proposed  to  take  one  of  the  lifeboats  and  ex- 
tend a  trip  farther  than  the  beach. 

It  was  not  difficult  to  induce  a  party  to  go.  Accordingly, 
a  boat  was  manned  by  the  adventurers  and  it  swung  out. 
Those  aboard  were,  besides  the  three  officers  named.  Lieuten- 
ants Harrie  E.  Perkins,  Charles  W.  Gillen,  John  B.  Stoddard, 
T.  W.  Manning,  John  H.  McGorrick,  all  of  the  338th  F.  A.. 
Doud  J.  Bleifuss  and  George  F.  Fisher.  The  little  craft  was 
tied  under  the  pier  at  Tompkinsville,  and  evening  found  the 
ten  officers  in  New  York.  After  the  Winter  Garden,  it  was 
the  Midnight  Follies,  and  signs  of  dawn  were  in  the  sky  be- 
fore the  lifeboat  was  untied  from  its  moorings  and,  with 
tired  but  happy  officers  at  the  oars,  started  back  for  the 
Montes  with  the  swift  tide.  The  ship  was  now  surrounded 
with  many  other  vessels  making  up  a  convoy  which  was  to 
start  that  day  and  the  only  fears  the  officers  had  was  lest  it 
should  be  gone  before  they  got  back. 

As  they  neared  the  convoy  in  the  grey  morning,  the 
difficulty  of  locating  their  particular  ship  became  acute.  All 
were  camouflaged,  but  at  last  someone  sighted  the  cloth  sign 


which  marked  the  Montes,  and  they  made  for  it.  The  chan- 
nel water  was  as  calm  as  glass  and  not  a  sound  broke  the  still- 
ness of  dawn,  except  the  noise  of  the  oars  of  the  approach- 
ing boat. 

A  guard  saw  it.  Probably  he  was  some  farmer  lad  from 
Iowa  who  had  never  seen  a  boat  bigger  than  a  chip  in  a  pud- 
dle before.  What  suspicious  craft  was  this,  coming  at  this 
unseemly  hour?  Was  it  a  load  of  Hun  agents  disguised  as 
Americans  and  bent  on  blowing  up  the  troopship?  He  didn't 
wait  to  inquire. 

"Corporal  of  the  guard !"  he  bellowed. 

Dismay  overtook  the  truants.  They  had  counted  on 
being  able  to  get  back  aboard  with  no  one  being  the  wiser 
for  their  escapade,  and  had  they  not  been  so  early,  they 
probably  could  have  gotten  away  with  it. 

"Shut  up,  you  fool,"  one  of  them  called,  in  consternation. 
But  that  only  made  matters  worse.  Now  the  guard  was  sure 
the  attackers  were  of  the  enemy. 

"Corporal  of  the  guard !"  he  yelled  some  more,  and  yet 
more,  until  from  ship  to  ship  went  the  alarm,  soldiers  lined 
the  railings  everywhere  to  learn  the  cause  of  the  fuss,  and 
when  the  officers  climbed  the  ladder  it  was  to  find  the  guard's 
reception  committee  waiting  to  take  their  names. 

Can't  Wear  Their  S.  Brownes 

But  the  commanding  general  was  not  severe.  They  re- 
ceived the  censure  they  had  coming  to  them,  of  course,  and 
General  Foote  further  deprived  them  of  the  distinction  of 
wearing  their  new  Sam  Browne  belts  during  the  voyage  (!). 
One  of  the  officers  had  been  recommended  for  a  captaincy, 
but  he  never  heard  anything  more  of  that.  Otherwise  none 
seemed  any  the  worse  for  their  escapade. 

The  voyage  at  once  became  a  monotonous  repetition  after 
the  convoy  at  last  weighed  anchor,  Aug.  25,  1918.  But  it 
was  not  to  continue  so.  The  old  Montes,  which  formerly 
was  the  Von  Bulow  until  taken  over  by  the  Portuguese,  was 
to  be  mixed  up  in  further  history. 

The  first  thing  that  happened  after  the  convoy  got  to 
sea  was  the  persistant  falling  behind  of  the  old  "Traz."  The 
American  commander  of  the  fleet  repeatedly  spurred  up  the 
lagging  Portuguese  and  one  day  an  exchange  of  rather 
wrathy  language  resulted.  The  fleet  commander  could  stand 
it  no  longer  when  he  saw  the  Montes  only  a  speck  on  the 
horizon  one  morning  and  wirelessed  the  captain  that  he  was 
"inviting  submarine  attack  by  falling  behind  the  convoy"  and 
that  he  (the  commander)  refused  to  take  further  responsi- 
bility for  his  safety  if  he  did  not  keep  up. 

General  Foote,  on  board  the  Montes  had  meanwhile  be- 
come greatly  concerned,  also,  and  had  frequent  conferences 
with  the  captain,  through  the  interpreter.  Then  the  truth 
came  out — the  Portuguese  stokers  in  the  hold  had  gotten  into 
the  wine  cellar  and  were  almost  out  of  commission. 

The  general  appealed  to  his  own  men  and  obtained  suffi- 
cient volunteers  to  go  into  the  hold  to  shovel  coal  at  the  same 
rate  of  pay  as  the  regular  stokers  received.  Very  soon  great 
clouds  of  black  smoke  came  from  the  ship's  stacks,  there  was 
a  perceptible  increase  of  speed  on  the  part  of  the  Montes,  and 
cheer  on  cheer  went  up  from  the  throats  of  the  worried  pas- 
sengers as  they  saw  the  spurt.  Gradually  the  boat  gained  on 
the  fleet,  and  by  evening  of  the  next  day  everyone  went  to 
bed  happy  in  the  thought  that  at  last  they  were  nearly  up  to 
where  they  belonged.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  Montes  was  a 
swift  vessel. 

But  on  looking  out  the  next  morning  the  men's  glee  was 
dashed  to  pieces  to  discover  that  again  they  were  behind,  and 
the  fleet  was  almost  disappearing  over  the  horizon.  What 
could  be  the  matter  now?  An  investigation  quickly  followed 
— and  found  the  American  stokers  also  had  discovered  the 
wine  casks,  and  were  likewise  incapacitated!  The  trouble  was 
quickly  remedied,  however.  A  sergeant  was  put  in  charge  of 
each  group  of  men  and  there  was  no  further  difficulty  about 
tiring  the  boilers.  The  Traz  os  Montes  soon  caught  up  with 
the  rest  of  the  convoy  and  remained  there. 

All  went  smoothly  then,  with  everybody  either  wearing 
or  carrying  his  lifebelt  constantly,  night  and  day,  ready  for 
the  possible  emergency,  when,  at  3:15  P.  M.,  Sept.  7,  off  the 
Scilly  Islands,  a  German  submarine  rose  to  the  surface  on  the 
Starboard   side  of  the  Traz  os  Montes.     It  might  have  been 


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(Top)  Lt.  Monahan,  Supply  Co.  (left),  and  Capt.  Bibb,  Adjutant  337th  F.  A. 
(right);  (No.  2  from  top)  Lt.  Newcomb  and  1st  Sect,  and  its  gun  of  D  Bty. ;  (center) 
Section  and  gun  of  B  Bty.;  (lower  inset) — 2d  Sect,  and  gun  of  D  Bty.;  (bottom)  — 
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all  up  with  the  ancient  ship  had  it  not  been  for  the  fact  that, 
just  a  few  moments  before,  the  ship  Persic,  loaded  with 
horses,  dropped  back  from  its  place  on  the  port  side  of  the 
Montes  to  exchange  places  with  the  latter.  The  Persic  was 
just  coming  up  on  the  starboard  side  when  the  submarine  ap- 
peared, and  to  save  itself  from  being  run  down  or  attacked, 
the  U-boat  submerged  and  passed  under  the  Montes. 

By  this  time,  of  course,  the  alarm  had  long  since  sounded 
and  on  all  the  ships  the  men  were  doing  their  "boat  drill," 
taking  their  positions  beside  their  allotted  lifeboats  and  rafts. 
On  the  Montes  these  lanky  chaps  from  the  prairies  were 
standing  in  their  places  craning  their  necks  to  see  what  was 
going  on.  If  they  were  going  to  be  sent  down,  they  wanted 
to  see  how  it  was  done,  anyway,  and  who  did  it. 

U-Boat  Fires  a  Torpedo 

Suddenly  the  diver  came  up  on  the  port  side  of  the 
Montes  and  let  fly  a  torpedo.  Hut  it  was  a  poor  aim  and 
missed  the  stern  by  about  ten  feet,  witnesses  said.  Then  it 
tired  again  at  the  Persic.  The  torpedo  went  true.  A  noise 
like  a  giant  cannon  ensued,  and  the  Persic  was  hidden  from 
view  in  a  burst  of  water  and  spray.  The  U-boat  disappeared 
at  once  to  escape  the  attack  that  was  already  under  way  by 
the  escort.  The  waves  around  the  Persic  went  down,  and 
the  ship  came  to  view  again  with  an  enormous  hole  torn  in  its 
side. 

Almost  more  quickly  than  it  can  be  told,  a  collision 
blanket  was  let  over  the  side  to  cover  the  rent  and  later  it  was 
learned  that  the  Persic  had  made  Cardiff  safely  for  repairs. 
It  was  reported  also  that  the  destroyers  which  began  drop- 
ping depth  bombs  thickly  where  the  undersea  boat  had  gone 
down  had  succeeded  in  sinking  it  for  good. 

One  of  the  amusing  incidents  of  the  U-boat  attack  aboard 
the  Traz  os  Montes  was  the  search  for  the  gunners.  There 
were  men  on  duty  as  required  to  man  the  guns  on  an  instant's 
alarm,  but  it  was  discovered  that  one  of  the  others  had  the 
firing  pin  for  the  main  piece  in  his  pocket,  and  he  was  not  to 
be  found. 

Another  incident  that  demands  mention  had  to  do  with 
the  exhibition  of  control  and  discipline  by  the  newly-made  sol- 
diers from  the  American  West.  It  was  a  test  that  few  would 
care  to  be  put  up  against,  but  they  went  through  it  like  vet- 
erans of  long  military  training.  The  men  carried  out  the  "boat 
drill"  calmly,  except  for  the  note  of  expectancy  and  curiosity 
that  ran  through  them.  They  took  their  places  beside  their  al- 
lotted craft  and  stood.  Not  a  person  was  to  move  away  or 
get  into  the  boats  until  the  word  of  command  came  from  one 
of  the  ship's  crew.  Disobedience  might  mean  a  bullet  from 
one  of  these,  for  this  was  serious  business. 

Rut  there  was  no  need  of  threat  or  caution.  These  youths 
merely  craned  their  necks  to  see  what  was  going  on,  but  kept 
one  foot  in  place.  It  was  a  splendid  example  of  calm  and  poise 
in  the  face  of  posible  death  by  drowning.  There  was  one 
person  in  the  jam  on  the  upper  deck  who  in  his  eagerness 
forgot  orders  and  jumped  into  one  of  the  boats,  but  he  was 
not  one  of  the  hast;ly  drilled  private  soldiers.  Nor  was  he 
one  of  the  scores  of  citizen  reserve  officers.  He  was  the  com- 
mander, the  highest  regular  army  officer  aboard. 

The  convoy  completed  its  voyage  without  further  incident 
nnd  the  337th  Regt.  officers  were  detached  and  sent  to  rejoin 
their  organization  in  France,  via  Cherbourg.  On  this  trip 
Lieut.  Bainbridge  attended  the  funeral  of  one  of  the  boys  of 
the  351st  Inf.,  Carl  Lundberg,  23  years  old,  who  died  Sept.  13. 
Lundberg  had  been  left  behind  ill  and  Bainbridge  carried  an 
American  flag  to  the  grave  and  placed  it  on  the  coffin  at  the 
village  of  Tourlaville,  Sunday,  Sept.   15. 

The  impressions,  sensations  and  mental  and  physical  ex- 
periences of  the  men  on  parting  from  the  familiar  scenes  of 
Midwestern  America,  going  through  the  older  sections  of  the 
East,  past  the  world's  metropolis  with  its  many  wonders, 
aboardship  for  the  first  time  in  their  lives,  the  airplanes  and 
dirigibles  overhead,  war  vessels  close  at  hand,  the  submarine 
menace  constantly  before  them,  the  sighting  of  a  foreign  land 
for  the  first  time,  the  passage  through  England  with  its  park- 
like country  sides,  the  stay  at  "rest  tamps,"  the  crossing  of 
the  dangerous  English  Channel.  France  at  last  (  !),  the  jour- 
ney in  "40  Hommes,  8  Chevaux"  boxcars,  the  stay  in  French 
billets   and  mingling  with  the   peasant   people,  the   interested 


observation  of  the  strange  customs — these  things  form  an 
important  part  of  the  adventures  or  our  soldiers  in  the  war. 
They  should  not  be  permitted  to  die  in  oblivion.  Already 
memory  grows  dim  of  thoughts  that  sped  through  the  avidly 
active  mind,  the  surprises  and  amusing  incidents.  A  perusal 
of  the  narratives  of  individuals  in  an  earlier  chapter  will  serve 
to  bring  almost  forgotten  scenes  and  events  to  mind. 

Training  Is  Resumed 

It  was  a  well-trained  regiment  of  American  soldiers,  re- 
cently common,  every-day  citizens,  that  marched  the  few  miles 
from  the  railroad  to  the  villages  of  Blanzat,  Gerzat  and  Cebe- 
zat,  north  of  Clermont-Ferrand,  province  of  Puy  de  Dome, 
and  were  assigned  to  billets.  Without  the  slightest  let-up, 
training  went  on  as  soon  as  the  men  got  in.  Equipment,  of 
course,  the  men  did  not  have,  but  it  was  not  long  before  French 
155mm.  guns  and  Holte  tractors  were  issued,  and  then  training 
went  on  apace.  These  guns  gave  the  men  new  zest.  Great, 
enormous,  towering  engines  of  terror  they  were,  weighing 
nearly  15  tons  each.  To  handle  them  required  much  practice 
with  rope,  tackle  and  other  devices. 

The  337th  will  never  forget  the  Sunday  morning  when  the 
units  were  drawn  up  and  the  men  with  colds  were  asked  to 
raise  their  hands.  All  but  a  few  admitted  that  they  were 
affected.  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  epidemic  of  Spanish 
influenza,  of  "flu,"  that  swept  the  Americans  in  September  and 
October,  1918,  and  laid  thousands  in  their  graves  even  before 
they  had  come  within  sound  of  the  guns  at  the  front.  But 
severe  as  the  visitation  was  in  France,  it  was  far  worse  back 
home  in  the  United  States,  where  the  toll  of  dead  went  into 
hundreds  of  thousands  that  following  winter. 

In  the  absence  of  sufficient  hospital  facilities  for  so  large 
a  number  of  patients,  subterfuges  of  all  sorts  were  arranged  in 
which  to  take  care  of  the  men,  who  were  ill,  and  in  the  ab- 
sence of  sufficient  medical  men  and  nurses,  the  men  who  did 
not  come  down  were  taught  the  necessary  duties  of  an  at- 
tendant of  the  sick,  which  they  performed  cheerfully  and  well 
in  addition  to  their  regular  duties  of  artillery  training.  Many 
French  women  did  what  they  could  also  for  "les  soldats  Amer- 
icains,''  and  more  than  one  fellow  will  bless  the  memory  of 
some  woman  in  black  whom  he  did  not  know  or  understand, 
but  whose  ministrations  he  appreciated. 

The  stricken  men  showed  a  wonderful  spirit.  It  was 
really  touching  at  times.  Usually  a  sergeant  was  placed  in 
charge  of  each  billet  and  given  a  certain  number  of  men  to 
care  for  the  sick  men.  They  could  "do  little  except  cheer  up 
the  afflicted  ones  and  keep  the  billets  warm,  dry  and  clean. 
That  was,  in  fact,  about  all  the  treatment  that  could  be  pre- 
scribed— warmth,  quiet  and  cheerfulness.  In  some  cases  the 
buildings  occupied  were  cold  and  damp,  as  is  the  case  with  all 
the  buildings  over  there  erected  centuries  ago,  with  poor  ven- 
tilation. Where  possible  the  patients  were  moved  to  better 
quarters. 

About  the  time  the  epidemic  had  subsided  perceptibly  the 
well  men  were  loaded  into  trucks  and  transferred  to  Randan, 
carrying  their  personal  equipment.  Pup-tents  were  pitched 
here,  dug-outs,  gun  emplacements  and  ammunition  shelters. 
etc.,  constructed,  and  a  real  taste  of  life  at  the  front  afforded. 
Then  began  the  target  practice  in  the  mountains  with  the  big 
guns.  A  large  number  of  big  shells  were  fired  by  each  unit. 
When  every  man  had  received  a  thorough  insight  into  the 
work  of  a  battery  in  actual  position,  the  batteries  shouldered 
their  packs  and  hiked  the  24  miles  back  to  their  villages.  They 
were  glad  to  get  back,  too,  as  extended  life  in  pup-tents  in 
chill  weather  is  not  the  most  desirable  form  of  existence. 

News  of  Defeats  Heard 

Meanwhile  news  came  filtering  down  from  the  front  about 
the  discomfiture  of  the  proud  Huns,  how  they  were  falling 
back  and  falling  back,  unable  to  stand  before  the  pressure  of 
the  victorious  Allies  and  Americans.  Rumors,  also,  came  of 
peace  talk.  At  last,  in  fact,  Germany  stood  alone,  left  to 
fight  out  the  bloody  war  she  had  hersilf  started.  It  became 
evident  to  the  337th  that  if  it  was  to  sec  actual  warfare  in 
the  front  line,  it  was  time  to  be  moving  up.  Would  the  war 
last  another  winter?    That  was  the  question. 

Among  many  of  the  officers,  especially  those  who  had  en- 
tered  the   first  officers'  training  camps  at  the  first  sign  of  a 


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Top — U.  S.  S.  Sierra  leaving  Bassens  Docks,  (Bordeaux)  Jan.  8,  1919,  for  New 
York.  Center — U.  S.  S.  Sierra  in  war  camouflage.  Below — The  longed-for  moment. 
Sighting  "The  Old  Girl,"  from  the  Sierra.  "She  will  have  to  'about  face'  if  she  ever 
sees  my  face  again." 


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History  of  the  337th  F.  A.  Regt. 


demand  for  enlistments  in  May,  1917,  the  anxiety  became 
acute  lest  they  should  after  all  be  cheated  out  of  a  real  part 
in  the  war  and  not  even  see  what  it  was  like.  These  men 
had  offered  themselves  early  in  the  game  with  the  hope  and 
expectation  of  seeing  action  early.  Some  of  the  337th  did 
reach  the  front,  by  being  put  in  charge  of  convoys.  Among 
the  officers  who  thus  got  a  taste  of  the  "real  thing"  were 
Lieuts.  D.  G.  Miller,  Miles  McNally  and  A.  G.  Bainbridge,  Jr. 
Capt.  Eugene  S.  Bibb,  regimental  adjutant,  happened  to  be 
within  reaching  distance  of  the  front  at  the  last,  also,  and  he 
ran  the  risk  of  stretching  regulations  by  going  forward  to 
where  he  could  see  what  was  going  on. 

The  news  that  the  war  was  over  was  generally  received  in 
the  Regiment  with  considerable  satisfaction,  despite  the  lost  op- 
portunity. It  meant  an  end  to  billet  life  and  it  meant,  best 
of  all,  going  home.  And  now  that  there  was  no  further  need 
of  soldiers,  that  is  precisely  what  they  all  wanted  to  do,  and 
as  quickly  as  possible. 

The  163d  Brig,  was  not  to  remain  long  in  France  after 
the  signing  of  the  armistice.  The  337th  Regt.  left  its  three 
villages  near  Clermont-Ferrand  Dec.  1,  1918,  three  weeks  after 
the  armistice  was  signed,  and  the  next  day  arrived  in  billets 
near  Bordeaux,  the  embarkation  port.  But  it  was  not  a  mat- 
ter of  stepping  immediately  aboard  a  vessel  and  setting  sail 
for  America.  No,  indeed.  There  was  a  tremendous  amount 
of  "paper  work"  to  be  prepared,  equipment  to  be  turned  in, 
records  to  be  completed,  etc.,  and  there  were  examinations  and 
— the  delouser !  That  was  the  finish,  as  it  also  has  been  the 
"finish"  of  some  of  the  nicely  pressed  and  well-fitting  uni- 
forms that  the  men  turned  in. 

Many  of  the  337th  will  never  forget  Christmas  eve  of 
1918,  and  they  will  be  telling  their  grandchildren  how  Santa 
Claus  would  have  found  them  all  "stripped  to  the  buff"  in  a 
room  of  the  delouser  waiting  for  a  supply  of  clothes  to  come. 
The  men  had  started  at  one  end  of  the  series  of  runways, 
compartments  and  doors  that  usually  form  a  "delouser."  They 
went  in  with  full  but  old  equipment,  passed  a  line  of  clerks 
who  completed  their  service  records.  They  had  already  thrown 
down  their  packs,  and  now  divested  themselves  of  their  wear- 
ing apparel  on  the  run — shirts  in  one  pile,  blouses  in  another, 
etc.,  keeping  only  the  shoes  and  "dog  tag,"  for  which  new 
tape  was  given. 

Then  came  the  bath  room,  big  enough  to  accommodate 
almost  a  battery  at  once  under  the  showers.  The  men  were 
to  have  continued  at  once  and  drawn  new  clothing,  orders 
having  been  given  each  man.  But  there  were  no  clothes,  and 
from  2  to  11  P.  M.,  nine  hours,  hundreds  remained  in  that 
bathroom  sans  vistage  of  raiment  before  they  finally  trooped 
out  to  get  the  "glad  rags"  in  which  they  were  to  appear  be- 
fore the  proud  and  happy  family  and  best  girl  at  home. 

No  sooner  had  the  news  of  the  armistice  spread  through 
every  billet  than  the  rumor  factory  got  busy  on  the  next  move 
for  the  artillery.  One  had  it  that  the  commands  would  re- 
main in  France  all  winter ;  another  that  they  would  go  into  the 
Army  of  Occupation,  and  then  came  an  order  that  because  of 
the  large  number  of  farmers  in  the  regiments  and  the  need  for 
increased  crops,  with  a  shortage  of  hands,  they  were  going  to 
be  sent  home  soon  so  the  men  could  get  back  to  work.  This 
immediately  brought  hopes  of  spending  Christmas  at  home, 
but  this  was  not  to  be. 

A  number  of  officers  were  taken  from  the  brigade  before 
it  started  home  and  sent  to  divisions  in  Germany,  and  Colonel 
Greene  of  the  337th  was  one  of  these.  In  a  little  booklet  print- 
ed for  a  farewell  smoker  held  Jan.  29,  1919,  by  Battery  E,  the 
following  paragraph  appears : 

"We  camped  for  three  weeks  at  a  place  about  ten  miles 
from  Bordeaux,  along  the  river  where  we  waded  in  mud  to 
our  knees  waiting  for  transportation  to  take  us  home.  Here 
we  lost  our  colonel,  who  by  this  time  all  considered  our  best 
friend.  Uncle  Sam  decided  that  he  would  have  to  keep  him  in 
France  in  the  Army  of  Occupation.  One  morning  we  lined 
up  and  he  came  and  told  us  that  he  was  going  to  leave.  Be- 
lieve me,  the  Old  Man  felt  bad.  He  could  hardly  talk  and  the 
tears  stood  in  his  eyes." 

The  ship  which  took  the  337th  back  across  the  sea  was  the 
U.  S.  S.  Sierra,  which  sailed  at  4  P.  M.,  Jan.  8,  1919,  with  all 
but  Battery  F,  Supply  Co.,  and  Ordnance  and  Medical  Units. 
-E.  J.  D.  L. 


From  Bordeaux  to  Camp  Dodge 

On  Jan.  S,  1919,  the  Regiment  left  behind,  stranded  in  the 
mud  of  Genicart,  a  lonesome  rearguard  of  29  officers  and  300 
men  of  Battery  F,  Supply  Co.,  Ordnance  Detachment  and 
Medical  Corps,  and  sets  its  face  westward  to  Bassens  and 
beyond  that  HOME,  without  so  much  as  a  backward  glance 
at  the  unfortunates  thus  deserted.  This  was  the  first  time 
that  the  Regiment  had  split,  and  those  remaining  behind  (the 
writer  being  one  of  them  and  thus  qualified  to  speak)  regret- 
ted the  necessity  thereof — and  at  that  regretted  it  more  than 
those  who  went  on  ahead. 

However,  the  file  closers  in  Battery  E  had  scarcely  disap- 
peared in  the  "clouds  of  dust"  when  Hix  came  in  with  the 
"hot  stuff." 

"The  rearguard  will  embark  on  the  following  morning  on 
the  Rochambeau.  This  is  a  nice  boat — will  beat  the  Sierra 
home.  Lots  of  pretty  Red  Cross  girls,  real  American  Bar, 
etc.,  ad  infinitum."  It  was  another  case  of  turning  the  dark 
clouds  inside  out. 

But  it  was  not  the  next  day  or  the  next  that  the  adieus 
were  said.  After  numerous  delays,  entailing  countless  trips 
to  the  docks  to  get  the  "dope"  Jan.  9  dawned  fair  and  bright, 
and  with  the  dawn  came  the  long-looked-for  billet  doux  from 
"Spike"  Hennesey  (you  know  why  they  call  him  "Spike") 
which  sent  the  detachment  to  the  docks.  As  it  embarked  it 
was  as  follows:  Major  R.  Redfield,  in  command;  Capt.  M. 
S.  Robb,  detachment  adjutant;  Capt.  William  Stimple,  Supply 
Co. ;  Supply  Company,  83  men ;  Capt.  Walter  J.  Kennedy, 
Battery  F;  1st  Lt.  William  L.  Hixon ;  Battery  F,  182  men ; 
1st  Lt.  John  Himes,  Ordnance;  Ordnance  Detachment,  18 
men;  1st  Lt.  Frederick  M.  Phillips,  Medical  Corps,  and  Med- 
ical Detachment,  21  men. 

The  Rochambeau  of  the  Compagnie  Transatlantique 
(French  Line),  of  submarine  fame,  testimonials  of  which  she 
carried  proudly  in  her  Salon  de  Conversation — sailed  on  that 
memorable  9th  of  January,  1919,  with  her  passenger  list  com- 
posed of  one-third  French  "civies,"  one-third  Salvation  Army, 
K.  C.,  Red  Cross,  and  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  the  balance  troops. 
It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  state  that  the  troops  were  the  bot- 
tom layer  of  a  cake  of  which  the  non-combatants  were  the 
upper  layer  and  the  French  civies  the  frosting. 

Coal  Bunkers  Run  Low 

For  the  first  few  days  out,  all  went  well  and  then  "she 
blew" — and  fewer  answered  mess  call.  Some  who  did  remem- 
bered the  warning  and  advice  of  friend  Hoover  and  refrained 
from  wasteful  tactics  in  the  food  line.  Then  the  boilers  struck 
and  walked  out  one  by  one  and  the  "Log"  slumbered.  Vague 
whispers  of  doubt  circulated  through  the  cabins  and  it  was 
even  reported  that  the  captain  of  the  ship  spent  one  whole 
night  on  the  bridge  without  his  "dago  red."  Then  came  a  cut 
in  rations  and  the  horrible  truth  became  known — the  old  tub's 
engines  were  on  the  blink  and  the  bunkers  were  running  low. 
A  hasty  consultation  by  all  the  ship's  amateur  navigators,  in 
which  reference  was  made  to  the  posted  runs,  determined  that 
she  was  in  "the  middle." 

All  this  time  the  wind  was  rising  as  were,  incidentally, 
the  waves.  The  skipper  decided  in  French  that  "any  old  port 
in  a  storm"  contained  a  good  deal  of  truth,  and  he  laid  the 
Good  Ship  Rochambeau  on  a  course  for  the  Azores. 

All  the  while,  in  rising  winds  and  rolling  breakers,  "Maj" 
made  a  turn  of  the  ship  every  morning,  from  stem  to  stern. 
Military  duties  must  be  attended  to  regardless  of  the  most 
charming  workers  in  Red  Cross  uniform. 

In  nine  hours  from  the  change  of  course,  a  miracle  was 
performed  way  down  deep  where  they  shovel  in  the  coal.  The 
passengers  said  the  "Chinese  admiral"  did  it.  The  chief  engi- 
neer denied  his  handiwork  and  took  the  credit  himself 
through  a  bulletin  which  he  kindly  translated  for  the  benefit  of 
the  Yanks.  But  be  that  as  it  may,  she  began  hitting  on  all 
six,  and  started  west,  while  up  in  the  cabin  the  clans  gather- 
ed at  the  bar. 

Coal  had  run  low  and  it  was  impossible  to  make  New 
York  and  the  skipper  laid  for  Halifax  for  more,  but  even  Hali- 
fax is  west  of  the  "middle." 

On  Jan.  20  the  sun  came  up  over  the  white  hills  of  Nova 
Scotia.  Real  houses  again,  and  officials  coming  in  over  the 
side  spoke  American,  and  knew  how  to  say  yes.     Only  dear 


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old  Daddy  Stimp  stuck  to  his  "Wee."  All  that  day  and  the 
next  coal  came  in  over  one  side  and  grub  in  the  other,  and 
a  few  favored  ones  got  ashore  to  see  Chas.  Chaplin. 

From  Halifax  the  trip  down  the  coast  was  accomplished 
without  incident  except  for  the  stop  at  Martha's  Vineyard 
for  grapes  and  at  Cape  Cod  for  Friday's  Mess. 

Just  at  sunset,  Jan.  24th,  the  Rochambeau  sighted  New 
York — just  three  lights,  a  big  one  in  the  middle,  the  light  we'd 
been  dreaming  of  awake  and  asleep,  that  of  the  old  girl  that 
stands  in  the  harbor  to  welcome  travelers  home.  Every  one 
on  board  ship  had  the  same  thought  as  was  so  aptly  expressed 
by  a  doughboy:  "If  she  wants  to  see  me  again,  she'll  have  to 
do  an  about  face."  Thus  ended  the  voyage  of  the  Roch- 
ambeau. 


From  Hoboken  the  detachment  proceeded  officially  to 
Camp  Merrit,  N.  J.,  (unofficially  to  Broadway)  to  wait  for 
Brother  McAdoo  to  round  up  the  necessary  "8  Chevaux,  40 
Hommes"  to  make  the  rest  of  the  trip. 

A  week  later,  Des  Moines  and  Camp  Dodge.  Freeman 
and  Brundred  were  still  in  town  but  with  red  chevrons,  and 
they  acted  as  interpreters.  The  regiment,  for  whom  we  were 
a  tardy  rear  guard,  were  CIVIES  again. 

Casual  Detach.  No.  55,  as  the  detachment  was  christened 
on  its  arrival  at  Dodge,  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  Feb. 
5,  1919,  all  members  receiving  honorable  discharges  with  the 
exception  of  Captain  Stimple,  who  remained  in  the  regular 
service. — Contributed. 


(See  Appendix  for  Roster  337th  F.  A.) 

On  the  Artillery  Range  at  Randanne 


(Upper  left) — Capt.  C.  A.  Lyman,  D  Bty. ;  (upper  right) — Camp  of  2d  Bn.,  337th 
F.  A.;  (under  camp) — Capt.  Lyman  and  one  of  his  guns;  (next  below)  Amm.  Sgt. 
Lindbom  at  ammunition  dugout;  (left  center) — Capt.  A.  C.  Potter,  Bty.  C,  and 
Lt.  Metcalf;  (lower  left)— ammunition  shelter  back  of  guns  in  position;  (lower 
right) — Sergts.  Lawrence  and  Blomberg;  (center  miniature) — Sergts.  MacMurdo  and 
McCarty. 


History  of  the  339th  F.  A.  Regt. 


To  give  a  faithful  account  of  all  the  details  in  the  history 
of  the  339th  Regiment  of  Field  Artillery  (Heavy)  would  he  to 
rehearse  needlessly  much  of  what  appears  on  the  preceding 
pages.  In  common  with  the  rest  of  the  Division,  the  339th  had 
the  same  tedious,  disappointing  experience  at  Camp  Dodge. 
Along  with  the  other  oufits,  it  was  one  of  the  *'goat"  organiza- 
tions of  the  National  Army,  doomed  to  act  for  nearly  a  year 
as  a  school  for  rookies  to  he  sent  to  France  and  the  front. 

Not  long  before  this  was  written,  the  subject  of  these 
transfers  of  men  was  up  for  discussion  and  criticism  before 
members  of  Congress.  The  criticism  was  made  that  when 
orders  were  received  to  deplete  organizations  and  send  mem- 
bers away,  it  was  the  practice  of  commanding  officers  to  re- 
tain their  most  proficient  personnel  and  get  rid  of  those  who 
were  net  yet  well  trained. 

If  this  practice  was  a  matter  for  criticism,  the  officers  of 
the  88th  Div.  must  plead  guilty  to  having  offended,  for  that 
certainly  was  the  deliberate  plan.  Tf  the  astute  members  of 
Congress  could  have  been  present  in  those  days,  and  witnessed 
the  chagrin  of  battery,  battalion,  regimental,  brigade  and  divi- 
sion officers  when  their  reward  for  hard  work  whipping  the 
raw  men  into  shape,  was  an  order,  not  to  lead  those  men 
abroad,  as  they  hoped,  but  to  send  them  away  for  some  other 
officers  to  take  abroad,  they  would  not  have  blamed  them  for 
hanging  on  to  the  best  fruits  of  their  labor  and  allowing  other 
officers  to  train  up  their  own  personnel.  That  plan  may  not 
have  worked  out  to  the  efficiency  of  the  army  as  a  whole,  but 
it  might  have  been  divined  that  such  would  be  the  inevitable 
course  that  would  be  followed. 

In  all  the  divisions  that  made  such  glorious  history  for 
America  on  the  battlefields  of  France  were  men  who  received 
their  first  training  at  the  hands  of  Camp  Dodge  officers.  So 
a  history  of  the  88th  Div.  should  not  stop  with  the  activities 
of  a  year  at  Camp  Dodge  and  a  few  months  in  France,  but 
of  a  right  should  include  almost  the  whole  history  of  the  A. 
E.  F. 

The  339th  as  it  returned  from  France  knew  but  little  of 
the  early  hardships  of  the  charter  members  at  Camp  Dodge, 
when  the  "regimental"  area  was  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Seventh  to  Eleventh  Streets,  and  the  artillery  played  with  toy 
contrivances  made  out  of  boards  for  guns  and  caissons.  For 
the  cantonment  was  only  in  the  beginning  of  its  growth  then, 
and  it  was  some  weeks  before  the  Regiment  moved  out  on 
Lincoln  avenue  in  the  30's  at  the  north  end  of  the  camp. 

Those  early  days  were  "tough"  compared  with  the  later 
ones  that  most  of  the  organization  knew.  No  sidewalks,  no 
water,  open  trenches  everywhere,  dust  or  mud,  transportation 
to  Des  Moines  abominable,  and  the  roads  torn  up  from  heavy 
traffic.  Winter  was  over,  in  fact,  before  the  Iowans  completed 
paved  roads  to  the  nearest  town,  and  busses  and  other  vehicles 
could  start  the  journey  with  some  assurance  of  being  able  to 
finish  it. 

Just  before  the  advance  and  school  parties  started  for 
France  July  25,  1918,  the  Regiment  went  on  a  hike  and  re- 
mained several  days  at  Camp  Vestal  near  Madrid,  la.,  on  the 
Des  Moines  River.  The  site  was  named  for  Col.  Samuel  C. 
Vestal,  commander  of  the  Regiment. 

The  great  day  came  at  last  when  the  Regiment  proper 
-tarted  to  move  eastward  on  the  first  leg  of  the  journey  to 
France:  Headquarters  Co.  and  Battery  C  were  the  vanguard 
and  left  Camp  Dodge  Monday,  Aug.  12,  1918,  for  Camp  Mills, 
L.  I.  The  rest  of  the  Regiment  turned  out  en  masse  and  gave 
them  a  rousing  send-off.  One  of  the  Iowa  wind  and  dust 
storms,  which  made  life  at  Camp  Dodge  such  a  trial  at  times, 
was  in  progress  at  the  time,  but  no  one  minded  in  the  excite- 
ment of  departure. 

Barracks  were  scrubbed,  bed-sacks  emptied  and  every- 
thing that  could  not  be  taken  to  France  was  sent  home  or 
burned  before  the  organizations  left.  The  next  day,  after  a 
night  in  pup  tents,  another  detachment  filled  13  Pullmans  and 


was  off,  also.    This  method  of  travel  was  quite  different  from 
the  kind  the  men  were  to  experience  in  a  short  time  abroad. 

Men  Get  Overseas  Outfits 

At  Camp  Mills  the  men  received  their  overseas  outfits — 
all  new  clothing,  trading  their  campaign  hats  for  trench  caps 
and  canvas  leggins  for  spirals.  The  Pacific  Mail  Steamship 
Empress  of  Britain  received  the  339th  men  on  August  23. 
The  men  had  a  good  opportunity  at  this  time  to  gaze  on  the 
wonders  of  Gotham  and  at  the  shipping  in  the  river  and  har- 
bor. Among  the  great  vessels  that  could  be  seen  were  the 
Leviathan  (once  the  Vaterland).  which  had  carried  the  School 
Detachment  across,  and  the  Mauretania,  both  fantastically 
camouflaged. 

A  fleet  of  ships  lav  waiting  for  the  Empress  of  Britain  as 
tugs  pulled  her  out  of  her  slip  and  sent  her  out  into  the  harbor, 
and  these  fell  in  behind.  With  the  U.  S.  S.  South  Dakota 
leading  the  way  and  a  dirigible  balloon,  airplanes,  tiny  sub- 
marine chasers  and  destroyers  hovering  about,  the  convoy 
started  out  to  run  the  gauntlet  of  the  submarine  infested  deeps. 

Although  that  day  of  stepping  aboard  the  gangplank  is 
not  yet  far  in  the  past  it  is  already  difficult  to  recall  the  agi- 
tations and  emotions  of  the  moment.  For  many  thousands  it 
was  quitting  the  home  land  forever,  and  for  all  it  was  em- 
barking upon  a  great  advanture.  Did  thoughts  of  these  things 
surge  through  the  mind?  Not  if  the  faces  were  any  indica- 
tion of  what  was  passing  through  the  brain.  It  was  a  notable 
fact  that  there  was  less  visible  emotion  about  going  aboard- 
ship  than  in  boarding  a  train  for  a  trip  to  town  on  pass.  There 
was  much  more  excitement  about  going  on  a  visit  to  New 
York  than  on  setting  out  on  this  voyage  across  the  ocean. 
The  latter  was  still  nothing  but  duty  and  routine. 

The  only  time  the  departing  soldiers  felt  anything  like  a 
real  thrill  was  when  the  shores  of  "God's  Country"  began  to 
show  signs  of  receding  and  when  the  Statue  of  Liberty  was 
passed  by,  holding  a  hand  aloft  in  benediction. 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  transition  from  Camp  Dodge  to 
the  ocean  had  been  so  gradual,  and  so  much  merely  a  continu- 
ation of  duty  that  the  strangeness  and  comport  of  it  was  prac- 
tically lost.  The  men  were  in  another  life,  moving  with  an 
inexorable  flood  that  they  knew  it  was  futile  to  stem  or  com- 
bat even  had  they  wished. 

Destroyers  Fire  at  Ships 

It  was  a  calm  and  uneventful  voyage,  compared  with  what 
it  might  have  been  had  the  convoy  had  less  protection.  There 
were  the  usual  severe  regulations,  the  drills,  life  belts,  etc. 
When  passing  vessels  were  met  (which  was  only  on  two  or 
three  occasions)  destroyers  would  get  busy  immediately  and 
after  a  shot,  the  traveler  on  the  high  seas  would  have  to 
prove  its  identity. 

A  fleet  of  British  destroyers  met  the  convoy  about  three 
days  from  the  Irish  coast,  to  guide  and  protect  the  troop  ships 
in.  One  night  considerable  firing  was  heard  to  the  stern,  but 
the  men  never  found  out  what  it  was  for.  Something  had 
attracted  the  British  destroyers  and  they  went  racing  to  the 
spot  and  began  a  bombardment. 

The  men  were  intensely  interested  in  their  view  of  Ire- 
land and  Scotland  from  a  distance,  as  the  course  of  the  con- 
voy lay  to  the  north  of  Ireland.  It  went  over  the  spot  where 
the  ill-fated  Tuscania  was  struck.  Presently  the  transports 
made  a  final  spurt  for  the  mouth  of  the  Mersey  River  and  the 
docks  at  Liverpool,  late  on  the  night  of  Sept.  4,  1918.  The 
next  morning  the  men  debarked  and  marched  through  lanes 
of  welcoming  crowds  to  Knotty  Ash  "rest  camp."  This  place 
was  surrounded  by  a  4-foot  wall,  designed  as  much  to  keep 
certain  characters  out  as  to  keep  the  soldiers  in.  Many  men 
succeeded  by  various  methods  to  scale  the  fence  and  get  out 


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by  running  the  guard,  but  one  night  about  250  were  caught 
getting  back  in  again. 

Sunday  morning,  Sept.  8,  brought  the  men  a  little  diver- 
sion in  the  shape  of  a  considerable  wind  storm,  which  leveled 
many  tents,  a  mess  tent  included,  and  wet  things  down  con- 
siderably. The  men  did  not  relish  the  food  here  greatly,  so 
were  keen  for  the  departure  which  took  place  in  a  few  days. 
The  Knotty  Ash  station  bordered  the  camp  so  it  was  only  a 
short  march  to  the  train.  The  Americans  were  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  rolling  stock  of  the  English  railroads  with  the 
pilotless  locomotives  and  covered  drive  wheels.  It  was  also 
the  men's  introduction  to  the  European  passenger  coaches  made 
up  of  sections  without  aisles,  eight  men  riding  in  each  section 
four  facing  each  other. 

As  the  soldiers  stepped  aboard  they  were  handed  a  mes- 
sage of  greeting  from  the  King  of  England.  The  sun  had 
come  out  brightly  that  morning  for  the  first  time  for  several 
days  and  the  trip  across  England  to  Southampton  proved  most 
delightful.  England's  park-like  countryside  was  a  constant 
pleasure  and  the  people  along  the  way  displayed  not  only  a 
lively  interest  but  gave  every  sign  of  welcome  and  good  will. 
After  a  stop  at  Derby  to  give  the  men  an  opportunity  to 
stretch  themselves  and  to  receive  hot  coffee,  buns  and  fruit- 
cake from  the  Red  Cross,  the  journey  ended  that  evening  and 
the  men  marched  to  another  rest  camp  where  they  remained 
about  two  days.  The  U.  S.  S.  St.  Charles,  formerly  in  the 
coastwise  New  York-Boston  service  under  the  name  of  Har- 
vard (so  the  men  were  told)  was  the  boat  to  convey  the  bulk 
of  the  Regiment  across  the  English  Channel  to  Le  Havre  on 
the  night  of  Sept.  13. 

New  Set  of  Emotions 

Here  was  another  opportunity  for  experiencing  a  new  set 
of  emotions  in  a  land  of  strange  tongue  where  the  world's 
greatest  tragedy  was  in  progress,  and  while  the  men  found 
constant  delight  in  everything  they  saw  and  heard,  the  demands 
of  military  duties  precluded  emotions  that  otherwise  might 
have  pulsed  through  their  active  and  curious  minds.  Here 
also  the  juvenile  question  "gimme  a  penny?"  gave  way  to 
"avez-vous  un  pennie-e?"  and  "Souvenir?  Souvenir?"  By 
this  time  all  the  odd  pennies  were  well-nigh  exhausted.  The 
tiny  supplicants  were  too  much  for  the  Yankee  boys,  especially 
as  some  blackeyed,  pretty-lipped  vixen  would  nestle  her  little 
hand  into  his  and  march  beside  him. 

Rest  Camp  No.  1  (at  the  top  of  a  hill,  of  course)  was  the 
home  of  the  organization  for  a  night  at  Le  Havre  and  most 
of  the  men  here  received  hot  baths  and  clean  clothes.  That 
night  came  the  introduction  to  "40  Hommes,  8  Chevaux"  in 
which  the  men  slept  or  rested  by  turns  for  three  days  and 
two  nights,  passing  near  Versailles,  adjoining  Paris.  Paris 
had  been  under  occasional  air  bombardment  since  early  in  the 
war  and  this  was  the  nearest  the  organization  as  a  whole  was 
to  come  to  being  within  range  of  enemy  fire. 

Detraining  at  Le  Martres  de  Veyre  the  Regiment  marched 
a  few  miles  to  three  villages  in  Puy  de  Dome  department 
and  were  distributed  among  billets,  another  new  experience 
for  American  troops.  As  explained  in  a  former  chapter  the 
French  public  is  obliged  to  harbor  or  provide  shelter  for 
soldiers  for  which  the  Government  pays  5  centimes  (one 
cent  American)  per  soldier  per  day  where  roof  is  provided, 
20  centimes  per  night  per  noncom  provided  with  a  room  and 
certain  other  accommodations,  and  one  fane  (about  20  cents) 
per  officer  provided  with  a  room,  bed  and  covering.  These 
are  the  approximate  rates  which  the  United  States  Army 
paid  the  French  civilians  for  quartering  our  troops  abroad. 

Barns  and  old,  stone,  fort-like  buildings  with  stone,  earth 
or  concrete  floors,  always  cold  and  more  or  less  damp,  pro- 
vided the  billets  until  the  men  had  an  opportunity  of  improving 
their  condition.  Intensive  training  was  taken  up  at  once  and 
the  men  plunged  into  the  work  of  fitting  themselves  for  duty 
at  the  front.  Meanwhile,  however,  they  found  time  to  observe 
the  strange  customs  and  to  become  acquainted  with  the  kindly 
peasant  people.  While  the  men  were  surprised  at  the  primi- 
tive farming  methods,  compared  with  American  ways,  they 
admired  the  splendid  roads  that  ran  everywhere  and  were 
pleased  at  the  attitude  of  the  population. 

Training  included  frequent  night  maneuvers  which  con- 
sisted of  being  routed  out  at  unusual  and  unexpected  hours  of 


the  night,  rolling  a  pack,  marching  away  to  pitch  pup  tents 
somewhere  and  spending  the  rest  of  the  night.  This  contin- 
ued until  the  339th  along  with  the  337th  received  its  equipment 
of  155-mm  G.  P.  F.  motorized  guns  and  a  number  of  tractors, 
when  training  took  on  a  different  nature.  The  course  was 
seriously  interfered  with  by  a  sudden  sweep  of  the  epidemic 
of  Spanish  influenza  which  struck  the  Regiment  in  October. 
Nearly  everyone  was  taken  down  and  the  medical  staff  was 
put  to  its  utmost  to  care  for  the  patients. 

Hospital  facilities  were  limited  to  a  degree.  At  Saint 
Amant-Tallende  high  on  the  bank  of  swift  mountain  rushet 
of  ice-cold  water,  stood  an  old  chateau  used  by  the  2d  Bat- 
talion for  billets.  It  was  built  almost  entirely  of  stone  and 
tile,  cold  and  damp,  and  had  been  closed  for  several  years. 
While  the  battalion  had  made  the  place  more  habitable  by  let- 
ting in  more  sun  and  air,  it  was  still  far  from  being  a  desirable 
human  abode,  but  it  was  the  best  that  could  be  done.  It  was 
turned  into  the  regimental  hospital  and  sick  soldiers  from 
Veyre  Monton,  where  the  1st  Bn.  and  Regt.  Hq.  were,  and  St. 
Saturnin,  3d  Battalion,  were  brought  there  for  treatment. 
Each  day  the  covered  ambulance  from  Clermont-Ferrand  drew 
up  at  the  back  entrance  of  the  chateau  and  took  away  the 
bodies  of  those  who  had  died  during  the  night.  This  con- 
tinued for  weeks,  but  finally  the  worst  was  over.  The  Regi- 
ment was  able  to  take  up  actual  firing  of  guns  on  the  range 
and  part  of  it  was  so  engaged  when  the  armistice  was  signed. 

Saint  Amant  Cleaned  Up 

The  2d  Battalion  left  Saint  Amant  a  much  cleaner  town 
than  it  probably  ever  had  been  before,  as  was  the  case  with  all 
towns  occupied  by  American  troops.  The  men  plied  shovel 
and  broom  persistently  day  after  day,  hauling  it  away  in  an 
ox-cart  sans  oxen,  and  this  gave  rise  to  the  famous  appellation, 
"Honey  Wagon  Detail." 

There  was  not  a  small  amount  of  genuine  regret  on  the 
part  of  soldiers  and  local  population  when  finally  the  Ameri- 
can soldiers  shouldered  their  packs  again  and  left  the  Cler- 
mont-Ferrand area  Dec.  1,  1918,  for  Bordeaux.  Twenty  miles 
of  riding  "a  la  side-door  Pullman"  through  the  mountains 
brought  the  trains  into  lower  country.  Billets  were  occupied 
in  the  villages  surrounding  Genicart,  a  few  miles  out  of  Bor- 
deaux, with  Regimental  Hq.  at  Montussan,  the  1st  Bn.  scatter- 
ed in  buildings  of  the  village,  the  2d  Bn.  at  Yvrac,  and  the  3d 
Bn.  in  a  chateau  in  the  Yvrac  area. 

At  Christmas  time  parties  were  given  for  the  French 
children  by  the  American  troops. 

During  this  period  the  Regiment  also  went  through  the 
"mill"  from  which  the  men  emerged  thoroughly  cleansed,  com- 
pletely re-equipped  except  for  shoes  and  "dog  tags,"  and  they 
were  supposed  to  have  parted  company  with  the  most  affec- 
tionate cootie.  Attempts  at  foot  ball  games  were  held  but  in 
the  lakes  of  mud  they  were  more  like  water  polo. 

The  1st  Battalion  was  the  first  to  start  for  the  United 
States,  followed  a  week  later  by  the  3d  Battalion,  leaving  the 
2d  Battalion  behind.  But  none  of  the  battalions  crossed  the 
water  intact;  in  fact,  the'  regiment  was  now  broken  up  and 
detachments  put  on  board  half  a  dozen  different  ships, 
among  them  the  Rochambeau,  on  which  Colonel  Burdick 
sailed  and  experienced  the  rough  voyage  described  elsewhere ; 
the  Lorraine,  also  of  the  French  line;  the  Zacapa,  on  which 
Lieut.  Edward  S.  Decker  of  Minneapolis,  "brought"  over  18 
officers  in  18  days  while  E  battery  and  parts  of  Headquarters 
and  other  units  were  rushed  across  France  to  Marseilles  and 
put  aboard  the  Duke  de  Costa.  Captin  Maul  was  battalion 
commander  of  the  group  that  sailed  Jan.  23  on  the  Siboney. 
The  men  of  the  2d  Battalion  feared  for  a  time  that  they  had 
been  forgotten,  when  suddenly  fatigue  details  were  called  in 
and  they  had  five  hours  in  which  to  pack.  At  5  P.  M.  Jan.  22, 
the  Battalion  marched  out  of  Genicart  to  Bassen's  Dock  and 
aboard  the  U.  S.  S.  Siboney.  At  10  o'clock  the  next  morning 
the  ship  began  to  move  and  late  that  afternoon  passed  out  of 
the  river  into  the  Bay  of  Biscay. 

An  enjoyable  voyage  ensued  during  which  a  ship's  paper, 
the  "Siboney  Signal"  served  to  enliven  the  days'  routine.  Two 
days  out  of  New  York  the  Adriatic  was  passed  a  vessel  which 
was  in  the  convoy  in  which  the  men  had  crossed  the  ocean 
nearly  five  months  earlier.  Life  belts  had  to  be  worn  on  this 
voyage  the  same  as  during  hostilities. 

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(Top,  left  to  right) — Sergts.  Sheil,  White,  Monroe,  Robinson,  Rector,  Elkins, 
Anderson,  Pryor,  Igou,  Webber,  (?),  Giissman,  Grossman  of  Bty.  F,  339th  F.  A.; 
(center  circle) — Mech.  E.  Burkey,  Corp.  D.  Burkey;  (left  center) — McClelland, 
Corps.  Hoffman  and  Forgey,  Sgt.  White;  (right  center) — Anderson,  Segal;  (below) — 
Barracks  of  Batteries  E  and  F  at  Genicart,  Bordeaux,   Dec,   1918 — Jan.,   1919. 


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Top — The  last  Move,  St.  Saturnin,  Nov.  20,  1918,  Sgt.  Grossman  at  left,  Corp. 
Round  on  truck;  left  center — Sgt.  Anderson  in  full  gear;  right  center — enroute  in 
France  (40  Hommes,  8  chevaux  car),  Statue  of  Liberty  from  La  Lorraine  on  return, 
and  3d  Bn.  Gun  Park  at  St.  Saturnin;  below — Home  of  M.  Maynard,  American  troops- 
billet. 


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eyes  of  the  returning  soldiers  when  at  last  they  beheld  its  noble 
contour  signaling  in  the  distance.  As  the  soldiers  filed  from 
the  ship  the  women  of  the  Red  Cross  were  again  on  hand 
with  sure-enough  coffee  with  sugar  and  cream  in  it,  also  with 
cookies  and  raisin  buns  and  candy,  cake,  gum,  ice-cream  and 
cigarettes. 

"I  could  eat  a  bucket  of  Long  Island  dirt,  it  looks  so 
good  to  me,"  said  one  fellow. 

Camp  Mills  was  an  entirely  different  place  to  these  men 
from  what  it  was  the  previous  August.  It  had  changed  from 
a  tent  city  to  a  camp  of  clean,  well  heated  barracks.  Here 
the  339th  F.  A.  Detachment  was  split  up  the  following  day, 
Feb.  S,  and  the  men  sent  with  other  casual  detachments  to  the 
camos  nearest  their  homes  for  discharge.  A  large  contingent 
went  to  the  gaunt,  soulless,  vacantly  staring  buildings  of  de- 
serted Camp  Dodge.  Other  large  contingents  went  to  Camp 
Dix,  Merritt,  Upton  and  Funston.  By  Feb.  12  preparation  for 
discharge  was  complete  and  the  339th  F.  A.  had  passed  out 
of  existence. 

Battery  Histories  Written 

At  least  two  339th  Regt.  batteries  have  published  brief 
histories  in  pamphlet  form  which  are  valuable  souvenirs  for 
their  members.  They  are  Batteries  D  and  F.  The  main  story 
of  the  latter  was  written  by  Sgt.  Daniel  H.  Monical,  a  news- 
paper man  of  Poplar  Bluff,  Mo.  His  story  is  so  applicable 
to  all  units  that  "went  across"  in  its  descriptions,  that  ex- 
tracts would  be  of  general  interest  here.  He  tells  how  his 
organization  was  made  up  of  "men  with  college  educations 
and  degrees,  men  of  almost  every  profession  and  trade,"  and 
continues : 

"There  was  no  glamor,  pomp  or  saber  rattling  military 
spirit  among  the  men  who  gathered  to  form  the  great  88th 
Div.  of  the  A.  E.  F.  It  was  a  grim  acceptance  of  the  bloody 
challenge  by  Prussianism  to  the  spirit  of  Western  Democracy. 

"As  we  took  those  12  to  14-mile  hikes  in  heavy  marching 
order  over  sun-baked  roads  and  fields  of  Iowa  we  had  rea- 
son to  think  of  better  and  easier  days.  From  morning  till 
noon  and  then  till  chow  again  we  were  hammered  into  right 
good  fighting  men,  but  with  a  bad  case  of  homesickness  and  a 
blister  on  your  heel  about  the  size  of  a  hen's  egg  We  some- 
times wondered  whether  we  would  ever  live  long  enough  to 
get  a  whack  at  the  kaiser.  Then  at  last  came  the  news  one 
evening  that  we  would  go  on  a  long  hike  the  next  day.  Just 
to  be  good  and  ready  a  lot  of  Batt.  F.  boys  rolled  their  packs 
that  night  and  it  is  a  safe  guess  that  there  were  only  a  few 
heavy  sleepers  that  night.  On  the  morning  of  Aug.  13  (note 
that  date)  we  set  out  for  the  train  that  was  to  bear  us  east- 
ward. There  were  13  coaches  in  that  train  and  the  writer  had 
Berth  No.  13.  Overland  we  started  and  here  let  us  pause  to 
pay  our  tribute  to  the  Red.  Cross.  Three  days  of  travel 
brought  us  to  Camp  Mills,  N.  Y.,  where  we  were  issued  over- 
seas equipment. 

"It  was  the  morning  of  Aug.  23  that  we  were  called  from 
sleep  about  2  A.  M.  We  fell  into  line  and  were  issued  ra- 
tions and  then  marched  to  the  train.  That  was  a  never-to-be- 
forgotten  morning.  It  was  just  at  the  break  of  day  that  a 
little  old  ferry  boat  steamed  across  Hudson  River,  splitting  a 
low  heavy  fog  that  hung  like  a  pall  over  the  City  of  New 
York.  Were  we  happy?  Yes,  but  there  was  something  that 
came  up  now  and  then  in  our  throats.  We  went  aboard  the 
good  ship  Empress  of  Britain,  a  big  English  vessel,  and  waited 
until  about  10  o'clock  the  next  forenoon.  But  those  few 
hours  seemed  like  weeks  to  us.  At  last  the  ropes  were  loosed 
and  with  a  long  blast  of  the  whistle  the  mighty  screws  of  the 
floating  palace  began  churning  the  water  and  we  headed  for 
the  open  sea.  The  band  played  'Goodby  Broadway,  Hello 
France.'  On  the  shore  hundreds  waved  farewell  and  tears 
were  no  uncommon  sight.  About  6,000  men  were  aboard  that 
ship  and  we  took  our  place  in  the  convoy  of  13  ships  (note 
that  number).  On  this  trip  was  where  we  got  our  first  taste 
of  hell.  We  were  served  with  the  worst  food,  it  seemed  to 
us,  that  was  ever  given  to  human  beings.  Then  besides  there 
were  other  bad  conditions  that  made  the  trip  awful.  Packed 
like  sardines  we  could  hardly  find  room  to  get  a  full  breath. 
You  would  scarcely  get  settled  down  on  deck  before  someone 
told  you  you  couldn't  stay  there.  You  moved  only  to  be  told 
the  same  thing.     After  dark  no  smoking.     Oh,  Boy!     Nothin' 


to  do  but  sit  and  think.  Some  of  the  boys  found  a  bathtub 
and  it  was  a  quarrel  every  night  as  to  who  was  going  to  sleep 
in  the  tub.  We  frequently  went  to  sleep  standing  up  some- 
where on  the  decks.  We  saw  no  submarines  from  our  ship 
but  one  of  the  ships  fired  five  times  at  one. 

See  Land  on  13th  Day 

"On  the  13th  day  after  sailing,  we  again  sighted  land.  I 
suppose  it  was  just  common  old  hills  and  hollows  but  it  cer- 
tainly did  look  good  to  us.  On  Sept.  5  we  marched  down  the 
gang  plank  at  Liverpool.  We  paraded  through  the  streets 
and  then  marched  five  miles  to  a  rest  camp.  There  we  were 
to  rest  and  we  did,  but  it  was  only  our  stomachs  that  came  in 
for  this  part  of  the  program. 

"We  arrived  at  Southampton.  The  people  of  that  city 
showed  great  appreciation  of  our  presence.  On  the  13th  we 
boarded  the  Harvard,  an  American  ship  that  formerly  ran  out 
of  San  Francisco,  and  on  the  morning  of  the  14th  steamed 
into  the  port  of  LeHavre,  France.  France  at  last,  and  we 
began  to  feel  ourselves  slipping.  Everybody  was  in  uniform, 
everything  had  the  appearance  of  war  and  we  realized  we 
were  getting  closer  to  the  circus. 

"From  LeHavre  we  marched  to  a  British  rest  camp  on 
the  high  hills  back  of  town.  We  remained  there  three  days 
and  then  went  back  to  the  city  and  boarded  a  train.  And 
those  cars — Homines  40,  Chevaux  8.  We  jolted  and  jogged 
along  for  three  days  going  we  knew  not  where,  with  rations 
and  packs,  and  crowded  until  you  were  as  likely  to  put  a  chew 
of  tobacco  in  the  other  fellow's  mouth  as  you  were  your  own. 

"On  Sept.  18  we  passed  through  the  outskirts  of  Paris  and 
saw  from  the  train  a  building  with  its  roof  gone,  blown  away 
by  the  Big  Berthas  that  bombarded  Paris.  On  the  20th  we 
were  set  down  in  a  typical  French  village  up  in  the  moun- 
tains, where  we  took  up  artillery  training  with  the  French  6- 
inch  guns,  otherwise  known  as  the  155mm.  It  was  there  the 
men  learned  to  'parlez-vous  francais  'with  the  beautiful  'pe- 
tite' mademoiselles  as  well  as  making  a  speaking  acquaintance 
with  the  French  generals  Vin  Blanc  and  Vin  Rouge. 

"One  of  the  first  shocks  of  the  war,  of  an  aesthetic  na- 
ture, was  received  at  this  village.  American  boys  could  not 
understand  the  necessity  of  the  barn,  house,  stable  and  all  be- 
ing in  such  close  proximity.  Work  animals,  milch  cows  and 
human  beings  lived  very  close  together.  Plows  drawn  by 
oxen  or  a  horse  and  ox  was  another  thing  that  we  marveled  at. 

"A  vigorous  course  of  training  was  the  program.  The 
fine  appearance,  soldierly  bearing  and  excellent  work  of  our 
brigade  soon  won  for  it  an  enviable  reputation.  After  the 
strenuous  days  of  drilling  and  hiking  over  the  hills  and  sides 
of  mountains  and  with  lots  of  fun  with  our  little  pet,  the  gas 
mask,  which  we  all  loved  so  dearly,  and  with  a  scramble  to 
get  enough  rations  to  us  up  there  in  the  mountains,  we  were 
ready  for  anything. 

"It  was  about  this  time  the  Spanish  influenza  struck  our 
battery  and  for  days  there  were  scarcely  enough  men  on  their 
feet  to  do  guard  duty.  When  it  released  its  fangs  of  death, 
13  of  our  noble  boys  had  'gone  West.' 

"After  the  epidemic  had  passed  we  gathered  ourselves  to- 
gether and  began  to  make  ready  for  the  trenches.  We  moved 
to  another  ground  nine  miles  away  and  began  range  firing. 
This  was  the  last  lesson  before  going  on  a  hunt  for  the  Boche. 
But  the  fates  intervened  and  it  was  here  that  we  received 
word  that  the  Armistice  had  been  signed.  After  all  this  train- 
ing and  waiting  we  had  to  about  face  and  begin  another 
kind  of  waiting.  This  time  it  was  waiting  to  return  to  the 
dear  old  U.  S.  A. 

Joy  Is  Unconfined 

"There  was  joy  unconfined  when  on  the  30th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1918,  we  left  the  little  old  French  village  and  began  our 
journey  homeward.  We  pulled  up  at  Bordeaux  where  we  un- 
packed Dec.  1.  There  we  remained  doing  hikes  and  guard 
duty  and  other  forms  of  pastime  in  the  rain  and  mud  and 
slush. 

"The  day  before  Christmas  we  were  called  up  to  take  our 
cootie  examination  and  get  ready  to  sail  on  Christmas  Day. 
but  something  happened,  we  never  knew  what,  and  the  orders 
came,  'As  you  were.'     Oh,  the  mud,  and  the   slush,  and  the 


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rain,  and  the  work  and  the  gloom  of  those  waiting  days  !  But 
back  of  all  this  misery  there  was  the  American  gibe  and  smile. 
Battery  F  boys  worked  and  hiked  and  smiled  right  through  this 
last  disappointment.  Certainly  this  last  experience  caused  ev- 
ery man  of  the  Battery  to  have  a  more  wholesome  respect  for 
his  brother  in  arms.    We  learned  to  know  each  other." 

Capt.  Donald  K.  Hudson  of  Battery  F,  has  a  foreword  in 
his  company  pamphlet  which  could  be  repeated  as  a  parting 
word  to  their  men  from  every  officer  in  the  Regiment.  "I 
think  that  the  thought  we  will  cherish  in  years  to  come,"  he 
says,  "is  the  fact  that  we  all  took  part  in  an  event  that  is  un- 
questionably the  greatest  event  in  hisory.  Even  while  we  were 
in  France  it  was  hard  to  realize  what  a  large  undertaking  we 
were  taking  part  in.  We  were  only  a  cog  in  the  wheel  of  a 
big  machine.  Of  course,  we  did  not  see  any  real  fighting,  and 
sometimes  we  thought  we  were  lost  and  forgotten  in  the  little 
mountains  of  Southern  France,  but  had  the  war  lasted  there 
is  no  telling  how  important  that  little  cog  might  have  been 
some  day. 


"We  were  all  disappointed  of  course  because  we  did  not 
get  a  chance  to  use  our  guns  against  the  'Boche.'  To  some 
of  us  at  least  who  had  been  preparing  for  years  for  that  op- 
portunity, it  was  a  most  bitter  disappointment.  However,  we 
were  doing  only  what  we  could ;  we  were  doing  what  our  or- 
ders told  us  to  do,  and  if  we  did  it  as  well  as  we  could,  we 
were  doing  all  that  was  expected  of  us." 

With  the  departure  of  the  339th  (and  337th)  Regiments 
from  Clermont-Ferrand  "Am.  P.  O.  No.  723"  came  to  an 
end,  in  the  "O.  &  T.  C,  T.  A.  No.  3."  This  was  the  artillery 
postal  number  and  the  name  of  the  military  region.  Trans- 
lated, it  means  "Organization  and  Training  Center,  Tractor 
Artillery  No.  3." 

This  book  is  indebted  to  Captain  Hudson  and  Sergeant 
Monical  of  Battery  F,  and  to  Captain  Earl  C.  Maul  of  Battery 
D,  for  some  of  the  pictures  used,  taken  from  their  respective 
battery  books. 


(See  Appendix  for  partial  Roster  of  339th  F.  A.) 


History  of  the  339th  F.  A.  Regt. 


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Scenes  on  wav  home  aboard  La  Lorraine;    (left  center) — Sgts.   Igou  and   Gross- 
man Bty.   D.   339th  F.  A.,   and  French   cook;    (right   center) — crowds  on   pier,   arrival 
at  New  York. 


PART  5 

"Finit  La  Guerre" 


The  armistice  terms  of  the  Allies  were  signed  by  the 
German  envoys  at  Senlis  at  5  A.  M.  (French  time;  midnight, 
Washington  time),  Nov.  11,  1918,  to  take  effect  at  11  A.  M. 
that  day.  Senlis  is  the  city  north  of  Paris  where  the  Germans 
during  their  triumphant  advance  in  1914  shot  the  mayor  and 
buried  him  head  down  in  his  grave  with  the  feet  sticking 
above  ground.  The  terms  were  first  delivered  to  the  Germans 
in  a  railway  coach  near  the  village  of  Rothendes  Nov.  8  and 
a  reply  was  demanded  within  72  hours.  The  Germans  started 
on  the  historic  journey  to  receive  these  terms  under  flag  of 
truce  at  5  P.  M.,  Nov.  7  and,  following  the  Fourmio-la-Cha- 
pelle-Guise  road  reached  the  French  advance  posts  at  9 :30. 
They  were  stopped  by  a  French  poilu  and  eventually  the 
several  automobiles  were  admitted  through  the  French  lines. 
Those  in  the  party  were  General  von  Gundell,  General  von 
Winterfeldt,  Matthias  Erzberger  and  Count  Obendorff,  and 
they  spent  the  night  at  Francfort  castle.  Marshal  Foch,  Ad- 
miral Wemyss  (British),  General  Weygand  (French)  and  an 
American  officer  received  them  in  the  headquarters  private  car. 
The  Germans  received  the  terms,  then  departed  to  obtain  in- 
structions. 

In  the  United  States  a  premature  peace  celebration  was 
held  Nov.  7.  An  American  news  agency  cabled  an  erroneous 
dispatch  announcing  an  armistice  and  it  was  published  all  over 
the  country: 

Fighting  went  on  uninterruptedly,  however,  and  on  Nov. 
11  the  A.  E.  F.  had  2,912  casualties,  of  whom  268  were  killed 
The  92d  (colored)  Div.,  which  lay  between  the  88th  Div.  and 
the  front  line  that  day,  had  109  men  gassed,  more  than  the 
combined  cases  of  gassing  among  all  other  American  divisions 
that  morning.  The  white  flag  that  preceded  the  German 
envoys  when  they  approached  the  French  lines  at  La  Chapelle 
Nov.  7  cut  up  into  small  squares  in  November,  1919,  accord- 
ing to  news  dispatches,  one  to  be  presented  to  each  of  the 
Allies  by  order  of  the  French  government.  The  first  piece 
was  presented  to  Belgium. 

The  Allies'  armistice  commission  which  met  for  several 
months  at  Spa  held  its  sessions  in  the  villa  which  had  been 
used  by  General  Ludendorff  as  headquarters. 

Without  promp  or  gloating  fanfare  the  peace  terms  were 
turned  over  to  the  German  delegates  at  Versailles  Wednesday, 
May  7,  1919,  the  fourth  anniversary  of  the  sinking  of  the 
Lusitania  with  the  loss  of  1,198  lives.  The  fateful  volume 
contained  80,000  words  and  it  spelled  the  downfall,  complete 
and  swift,  for  the  "greatest  gamble  in  history,"  the  most  tower- 
ing ambition  since  Rome.  The  main  points  contained  in  the 
peace  treaty,  which  also  embodied  within  it  the  League  of 
Nations,  were  as  follows : 

Disarm  Germany. 

Give  France  Alsace-Lorraine  and  the  Saar  coalfields. 
Set  up  Poland  and  Tchecho-Slovakia  as  new  States, 
Take  all  Germany's  over-seas  possessions. 


Compel  her  to  pay  £1,000,000,000  as  a  first  instalment 
of  the  total  bill  which  will  be  fixed  by  1921,  and  will 
have  to  be  paid  in  30  years. 

Appoint  a  trial  of  the  ex-Kaiser  and  the  war  criminals. 

Establish  the  Allies'  right  to  ton  for  ton  of  the  sunk 
ships. 

As  a  guarantee  the  Allies  will  hold  the  left  bank  of 
the  Rhine  for  IS  years,  with  arrangements  for  with- 
drawal earlier  if  Germany  keeps  her  word. 

Germany  would  be  required  to  compensate  for  all  levies 
and  fines  on  the  populations  of  occupied  territory;  annul  the 
Brest-Litovsk  and  other  treaties  with  Russia  since  the  revolu- 
tion ;  pay  the  cost  of  the  Army  of  Occupation,  and  among 
other  things  hand  over  to  Belgium  manuscripts,  early  printed 
books  and  prints  to  the  equivalent  of  those  destroyed  at 
Louvain.  The  French  flags  taken  during  the  war  of  1870- 
1871  are  to  be  given  back  to  France,  the  Koran  of  the  Caliph 
Othman,  formerly  at  Medina,  to  the  King  of  the  Hedjaz,  and 
the  skull  of  the  Sultan  Mkwawa,  formerly  in  German  East 
Africa,  to  Great  Britain. 

Losses  of  neutral  nations  were  not  given  consideration. 
Norway  was  the  heaviest  of  these,  having  lost  831  vessels 
sunk,  mostly  by  German  submarines,  and  thousands  of  per- 
sons aboard  also  lost. 

President  Wilson  sailed  from  New  York  Dec.  4,  1918,  to 
attend  the  Paris  conference  and  reached  Paris  Dec.  14.  He 
went  to  England  Dec.  26,  later  also  visiting  Italy  and  Belgium. 
The  ovations  tendered  him  were  remarkable.  Mr.  Wilson 
sailed  for  home  from  Brest  Feb.  15,  1919,  after  the  formation 
of  the  League  plan.  He  returned  to  Paris  for  the  long-drawn- 
out  session  at  which  the  treaty  with  Germany  was  agreed  on. 
It  was  an  unpropitious  time  for  presenting  such  a  matter  in 
a  nation  with  party  government  as  prevails  in  the  United 
States,  however.  A  presidential  election  was  due  the  follow- 
ing year  (1920)  and  the  political  leaders,  dormant  during  the 
war,  suddenly  came  into  their  own.  Whatever  may  be  said 
of  the  League  of  Nations  pact  as  agreed  on  at  Paris  and 
brought  home  by  Mr.  Wilson  for  the  Senate's  approval,  it  is 
quite  certain  it  would  have  gone  through  without  murmur,  or 
at  least  with  innocuous  changes  had  there  been  no  campaign 
pending.  Leaders  who  stirred  up  opposition  to  the  Paris  con- 
vention and  obtained  defeat  of  ratification  in  the  Senate  were 
Senators  Hiram  Johnson,  Borah  and  Lodge.  The  United 
States  is  still  out  of  the  pact  at  this  writing,  thus  standing 
alone,  and  in  a  great  measure  by  its  uncertain  attitude  thwart- 
ing the  influences  that  might  tend  to  bring  quiet  to  a  chaotic, 
unsettled  world. 

The  treaty  of  Versailles,  as  the  document  was  called  end- 
ing the  war  with  Germany  and  establishing  the  League  of 
Nations,  was  signed  in  the  Hall  of  Mirrors  in  historic  Ver- 
sailles palace  June  28,  1919. 


LA  FIN 


Part  6 


Album  Section 


MEMBERS 


OF  THE 


88IM  DIVISION 


PART  5 

"Finit  La  Guerre" 


The  armistice  terms  of  the  Allies  were  signed  by  the 
German  envoys  at  Senlis  at  5  A.  M.  (French  time;  midnight, 
Washington  time),  Nov.  11,  1918,  to  take  effect  at  11  A.  M. 
that  day.  Senlis  is  the  city  north  of  Paris  where  the  Germans 
during  their  triumphant  advance  in  1914  shot  the  mayor  and 
buried  him  head  down  in  his  grave  with  the  feet  sticking 
above  ground.  The  terms  were  first  delivered  to  the  Germans 
in  a  railway  coach  near  the  village  of  Rothendes  Nov.  8  and 
a  reply  was  demanded  within  72  hours.  The  Germans  started 
on  the  historic  journey  to  receive  these  terms  under  flag  of 
truce  at  5  P.  M.,  Nov.  7  and,  following  the  Fourmio-la-Cha- 
pelle-Guise  road  reached  the  French  advance  posts  at  9 :30. 
They  were  stopped  by  a  French  poilu  and  eventually  the 
several  automobiles  were  admitted  through  the  French  lines. 
Those  in  the  party  were  General  von  Gundell,  General  von 
Winterfeldt,  Matthias  Erzberger  and  Count  Obendorff,  and 
they  spent  the  night  at  Francfort  castle.  Marshal  Foch,  Ad- 
miral Wemyss  (British),  General  Weygand  (French)  and  an 
American  officer  received  them  in  the  headquarters  private  car. 
The  Germans  received  the  terms,  then  departed  to  obtain  in- 
structions. 

In  the  United  States  a  premature  peace  celebration  was 
held  Nov.  7.  An  American  news  agency  cabled  an  erroneous 
dispatch  announcing  an  armistice  and  it  was  published  all  over 
the  country; 

Fighting  went  on  uninterruptedly,  however,  and  on  Nov. 
11  the  A.  E.  F.  had  2,912  casualties,  of  whom  268  were  killed 
The  92d  (colored)  Div.,  which  lay  between  the  88th  Div.  and 
the  front  line  that  day,  had  109  men  gassed,  more  than  the 
combined  cases  of  gassing  among  all  other  American  divisions 
that  morning.  The  white  flag  that  preceded  the  German 
envoys  when  they  approached  the  French  lines  at  La  Chapelle 
Nov.  7  cut  up  into  small  squares  in  November,  1919,  accord- 
ing to  news  dispatches,  one  to  be  presented  to  each  of  the 
Allies  by  order  of  the  French  government.  The  first  piece 
was  presented  to  Belgium. 

The  Allies'  armistice  commission  which  met  for  several 
months  at  Spa  held  its  sessions  in  the  villa  which  had  been 
used  by  General  Ludendorff  as  headquarters. 

Without  promp  or  gloating  fanfare  the  peace  terms  were 
turned  over  to  the  German  delegates  at  Versailles  Wednesday, 
May  7,  1919,  the  fourth  anniversary  of  the  sinking  of  the 
Lusitania  with  the  loss  of  1,198  lives.  The  fateful  volume 
contained  80,000  words  and  it  spelled  the  downfall,  complete 
and  swift,  for  the  "greatest  gamble  in  history,"  the  most  tower- 
ing ambition  since  Rome.  The  main  points  contained  in  the 
peace  treaty,  which  also  embodied  within  it  the  League  of 
Nations,  were  as  follows : 

Disarm  Germany. 

Give  France  Alsace-Lorraine  and  the  Saar  coalfields. 
Set  up  Poland  and  Tchecho-Slovakia  as  new  States. 
Take  all  Germany's  over-seas  possessions. 


Compel  her  to  pay  £1,000,000,000  as  a  first  instalment 
of  the  total  bill  which  will  be  fixed  by  1921,  and  will 
have  to  lie  paid  in  30  years. 

Appoint  a  trial  of  the  ex-Kaiser  and  the  war  criminals. 

Establish  the  Allies'  right  to  ton  for  ton  of  the  sunk 
ships. 

As  a  guarantee  the  Allies  will  hold  the  left  bank  of 
the  Rhine  for  15  years,  with  arrangements  for  with- 
drawal earlier  if  Germany  keeps  her  word. 

Germany  would  lie  required  to  compensate  for  all  levies 
and  fines  on  the  populations  of  occupied  territory;  annul  the 
Brest-Litovsk  and  other  treaties  with  Russia  since  the  revolu- 
tion;  pay  the  cost  of  the  Army  of  Occupation,  and  among 
other  things  hand  over  to  Belgium  manuscripts,  early  printed 
books  and  prints  to  the  equivalent  of  those  destroyed  at 
Louvain.  The  French  flags  taken  during  the  war  of  1870- 
1871  are  to  be  given  back  to  France,  the  Koran  of  the  Caliph 
Othman,  formerly  at  Medina,  to  the  King  of  the  Hedjaz,  and 
the  skull  of  the  Sultan  Mkwawa,  formerly  in  German  East 
Africa,  to  Great  Britain. 

Losses  of  neutral  nations  were  not  given  consideration. 
Norway  was  the  heaviest  of  these,  having  lost  831  vessels 
sunk,  mostly  by  German  submarines,  and  thousands  of  per- 
sons aboard  also  lost. 

President  Wilson  sailed  from  New  York  Dec.  4,  1918,  to 
attend  the  Paris  conference  and  reached  Paris  Dec.  14.  He 
went  to  England  Dec.  26,  later  also  visiting  Italy  and  Belgium. 
The  ovations  tendered  him  were  remarkable.  Mr.  Wilson 
sailed  for  home  from  Brest  Feb.  15,  1919,  after  the  formation 
of  the  League  plan.  He  returned  to  Paris  for  the  long-drawn- 
out  session  at  which  the  treaty  with  Germany  was  agreed  on. 
It  was  an  unpropitious  time  for  presenting  such  a  matter  in 
a  nation  with  party  government  as  prevails  in  the  United 
States,  however.  A  presidential  election  was  due  the  follow- 
ing year  (1920)  and  the  political  leaders,  dormant  during  the 
war,  suddenly  came  into  their  own.  Whatever  may  be  said 
of  the  League  of  Nations  pact  as  agreed  on  at  Paris  and 
brought  home  by  Mr.  Wilson  for  the  Senate's  approval,  it  is 
quite  certain  it  would  have  gone  through  without  murmur,  or 
at  least  with  innocuous  changes  had  there  been  no  campaign 
pending.  Leaders  who  stirred  up  opposition  to  the  Paris  con- 
vention and  obtained  defeat  of  ratification  in  the  Senate  were 
Senators  Hiram  Johnson,  Borah  and  Lodge.  The  United 
States  is  still  out  of  the  pact  at  this  writing,  thus  standing 
alone,  and  in  a  great  measure  by  its  uncertain  attitude  thwart- 
ing the  influences  that  might  tend  to  bring  quiet  to  a  chaotic, 
unsettled  world. 

The  treaty  of  Versailles,  as  the  document  was  called  end- 
ing the  war  with  Germany  and  establishing  the  League  of 
Xalions,  was  signed  in  the  Hall  of  Mirrors  in  historic  Ver- 
sailles palace  June  28,  1919. 


LA  FIN 


Part  6 


Album  Section 


MEMBERS 


OF  THE 


88™  DIVISION 


IN  MEMORIAM 


The  Dead  Soldier 

Though  sweet  were  life's  and  friendship's  smile, 
I  gave  my  life,  my  hopes  and  all — 
The  crisis  made  by  gift  seem  small, 

Great  deeds  of  old,  and  now,  make  life  worth  while. 

Remember  me  at  home  sometimes, 

When  strange  sweet  flowers  bloom  overhead — 
My  rest  camp's  with  the  silent  dead, 

'Neath  toll  of  bells  and  cheery  chimes. 

— G.  W.  Whitehorn,  Spencer,  Neb. 


Edward  Monroe  Elder 
Sgt.,  Co.  B,  313th  Supply  Train.   Fell 
in  France.    Mother,  Mrs.  J.  M.  El- 
der, 1511  Howard  Ave.,  Utica,  N.  Y. 


1 


Daniel  E.  Hendricks 
349th  Amb.  Co.,  313th  San.  Train. 
Died  at  Hospital  in  France  Oct.  9, 
1918,  with  a  good  record  as  a 
soldier.  Mother:  Mrs.  Ella  Hend- 
ricks, 612  Connor  ave.,  Joplin,  Mo. 


Charles  Henrichsen 
Pvt.,    Co.    B,    349th    Inf.      Died   in 
France,  Nov.  21,  1918.    Home,  280 
Harrison  St.,  Clinton,  la. 


Francis  Donnelly  . 
Corp.,  Co.  E,  352nd  Inf.  Born  Nov. 
24,  1894,  at  Alvord,  la.  Entered 
army  May  26,  1918,  at  Rock  Rapids, 
la.  Sailed  overseas  Aug.  26,  1918; 
died  Oct.  13,  1918,  while  in  active 
service  with  A.  E.  F.  "He  left  his 
home  in  perfect  health.  He  look- 
ed so  young  and  brave,  We  little 
thought  how  soon  he'd  be  Laid  in 
a  soldier's  grave."  Mother :  Mrs. 
Alvina  Donnelly,  Alvord,  la. 


Martin  Sturies 
Co.  G,  350lh  Inf.  Born  near  Little 
Rock,  Lyon  Co.,  la.,  Sept.  18,  1895 ; 
died  at  American  Hosp.,  Belfort, 
F ranee;  buried  in  French  Military 
Cemetery  Des  Mobiles,  Belfort. 
Went  to  Camp  Dodge  June  24, 
1918;  sailed  from  Camp  Upton 
overseas  Aug.  15,  1918.  Mother: 
Mrs.  Emma  Sturies,  R.  4,  Spirit 
Lake.  la. 


Perle  L.  Webster 
Pvt.,  Sniper  Sec,  Co.  E,  351st  Inf. 
Died  at  Gondrecourt,  France,  Dec. 
5,  1918,  of  spinal  meningitis.  Fath- 
er and  mother:  B.  A.  and  Rosa 
Webster,  R.  3,  Lancaster,  Mo. 


Nels  Oscar  Stangeland 
Co.  H,  349th  Inf.  Died  in  France 
Oct.  6,  1918,  from  illness ;  buried 
near  Fontaine,  Haute-Alsace.  His 
captain  commended  him  as  a  good 
and  loyal  soldier.  Memorial  sent 
by  Mrs.  A.  Stangeland,  Madison, 
S.  D. 


Carl  L.  I  MEL 
Pvt.,    Co.    L,    349th    Inf.      Died    in 
France.     Nearest   kin :     Joseph  A. 
Imel.   Faulkner,  Kans. 


Guard  the  Jewel 


Oh,  keep  your  armor  bright, 
Sons  of  those  mighty  dead, 

And  guard  ye  well  the  right, 

For  which  such  blood  was  shed ! 

Your  starry  flag  should  only  wave 

O'er  freedom's  home,  or  o'er  your 


grave. 
—Mrs.  Botta. 


Leo  Edgar  Clark 
Co.  D,  339th  Machine  Gun  Bn.  En- 
listed June  24,  1918;  died  of  pneu- 
monia in  France  Oct.  7,  1918; 
buried  at  Hericourt.  Memorial 
sent  by  Mrs.  Lessie  E.  Clark, 
Lodgepole,   (Stage  Line),  S.  D. 


-■<!&•' 

T.  .**^^^B   . I H *  ■' I  *<*  - 

1  V            I     -W 

Chauncie  Otis  Jenks 
Pvt.,  Co.  L,  352nd  Inf.  Rock  Lake, 
N.  D.  Born  Sept.  3,  1892;  entered 
army  at  Cando,  N.  D.,  June  23, 
1918;  died  in  France  Dec.  1,  1918, 
of  pneumonia,  age  26  years; 
buried  at  Toul,  France.  Memorial 
sent  by  Mason  Jenks,  Williams, 
Minn. 


Glenn  E.  Walker 
Co.  C,  338th  Machine  Gun  Bn.    Died 
in  France.     Mother  resides  at  1220 
4th    Ave    E.,    Hutchinson,    Kans. 


For  Those  We  Left  Behind 


Capt.  E.  J.  D.  Larson  (x)  addressing  French  military  and  civilian  gathering  at  Heri- 
court (Haute  Saone)  cemetery  of  88th  Division  dead  Memorial  Day  1919 — (Upper  insert) 
Partial  view  of  Heircourt  graves — (Lower  insert)  Memorial  piece  from  officers  of  47th 
(French)    Artillery  Regiment    "to   their   American   comrades." 


88 


Artillery 


Artillery 


Samuel  C.  Vestal 
Colonel,  Commanding  339th  F.  A. 


Donald  K.  Hudson 
Capt.,   Battery   F,   339th   F.   A.,   2120 
Lake  of  the  Isles  Blvd.,  Minneapo- 
lis, Minn. 


Eugene  S.  Bibb 
Capt.,  F.  A.,  Adjt.,  337th  F.  A.,  2600 
Colfax      Ave.      So.,      Minneapolis, 
Minn. 


C.  Arthur  Lyman 
Capt.,    Battery   D,   337th   F.   A.,   813 
Lumber     Exchange,     Minneapolis, 
Minn. 


Arthur  C.  Potter 
Capt.,  Battery  C,  337th  F.  A.,  S.  W. 
Cor.  17th  and  Douglas  Sts.,  Omaha, 
Nebr. 


Walter  E.  Anthony 
Capt,   Med.   Detch.,   337  F.   A.,   Ot- 
tumwa,  la. 


A.  G.  Bainbridge,  Jr. 
Lieut.,  Hq.  Co.,  337th  P.  A.,  Manager 
Shubert       Theater,       Minneapolis, 
Minn. 


Earl  A.  Ballinger 
Lieutenant,  337th  F.  A.,  Spring  Val- 
ley, Minn. 


John  C.  Him  is 
1st  Lieut.  'Ord.,  337th  F.  A.,  340  S. 
George  St.,  York,  Pa. 


Artillery 


89 


Rf.v.  Earl  B.  Clark 
Lieutenant,    >337tH    F.    A.,    Chaplain 
Base   Hospital,    Camp    Dodge,   la., 
Chaplain    337th    F.    A. .  in    France, 
Bushnell,    Nebr. 


Roy  Osborn 
Hq.  Co.,  339th  F.  A.,   R.  1,  Bx.  37, 
Fenton,  la. 


313th  Ammunition  Train 


Wm.  H.  Dickson 
Sgt.,  Med.  Detch.,  Hunter,  N.  D. 


E.  W.  Nelson 
Corp.,    Co.   B,    1st   Sq.,    R.   1,   Welch, 
Minn. 


Nicholas  W.  Fischer 
Corp.,  Co.  B,  12th  Sq.,  Bx.  82,  Sleepy 
Eye,  Minn. 


John  Engel 
Wag.,  Co.  B,  2d  Sq.,  Bx.  401,  Gettys- 
burg, S.  D.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Joseph  Ronning 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.   B,   R.  4,  Alcester, 
S.  D. 


.  "^51*** 


Adolph  Jilka 
■Pvt.  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  R.  2,  Bx.  39,  Tes- 
cott,  Kans. 


90 


313th   Ammunition   Train 


Charley  N.  Montgomery 
Co.  B,  Cedarvale,  Kans. 


Frank  Swedzinski 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  D,  Taunton,  Minn. 


Henry  O.  McColley 
12th    Sq.,    Co.    D,    R.    1,    Niobrara, 
Nebr. 


Frank  Becker 
Co.  D,  Oldham,  S.  D. 


Earl  W.  Cogburn 
Sgt.,  Co.  E,  Elvaston,  111. 


Jesse  L.  Flesher 
Pvt.  1st  cl.,  Co.  E,  Bushyhead,  Okla. 


Adolph  Magnus 
1st  Sq.,  Co.  E,  Avoca,  Minn. 


James  Herman  Ward 
Corp.,  Co.  F,  Dallas  Center,  la. 


Earl  G.  Anderson   (Right) 

Pvt..  1st  cl.,  Co.  F,  Champion,  Nebr. 

(With  his  buddy,  Wm.  O'Neil.) 


313th  Ammunition  Train 


91 


Arthur  C.  Christenson 
Pvt,   1st  cl.,  1st   Sq.,  Co.   F,   Milaca, 
Minn. 


John  Novak 
Co.  F.  R.  1,  c/o  W.  Barton,  Syracuse, 

n.  y. 


John  L.  Christofferson 
5th  Sq.,  Co.  F,  La  Moure,  N.  D. 


Nick  Faber 
Co.  F,  Zell,  S.  D. 


John  H.  Larson 
Sgt,  Co.  G,  3704-lSth  Ave.  S.,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 


Fred  J.  Diercks 
Corp.,   Co.   G,  10th   Sq.,  1129  Logan 
St.,  Muscatine,  la. 


Frank  John  Severson 
Wag.,  Co.  G,  623-3d  St.  N.,  Fargo,  N. 
D.    (Taken  in  France.) 


92 


Miscellaneous 


Miscellaneous 


E.  C.  Mears 
Major,  Q.  M.  C,  Hq.  Staff,  Disburs- 
ing Officer  88th  Div.,  July,  1918  to 
June,  1919,  668  Everett  St.  Portland, 
Ore.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Harry  H.  Polk 
Major,    176th    Inf.    Brig.    Hq.,    1215 
Hippee  Bldg.,  Des  Moines,  la. 


Edgar  J.  D.  Larson' 
Capt  Inf.  Hq.,  88th  Div.,  2720  Fre- 
mont Ave.  S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Alva  M.  Drake 
Captain,  Aide  de  Camp  to  Gen.  R.  N. 
Gettv,  175th  Inf.  Brig.;    Instructor 
5th  6.  T.  C;  2420  Humboldt  Ave. 
S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


William  E.  R.  Ehlke 
Corp.,  175th  Inf.  Brig.  Theatrical  Co., 
care  Iowa  Homestead,  Des  Moines, 
la. 


George  C.  Iekel 
Sgt.,  1st  cl.,  Q.  M.  C,  Div.  Hq.  Detch., 
Finance  Branch,  Independence,  la. 


Eugene  V.  Hoff 

Sgt.,  1st  cl.,  Div.  Hq.  Detch.,  Div.  Sur- 
geon's Office  709  Hillyer  St.,  Pckin, 
111. 


Anthony  C.  Kasnek 
I'm..  1st  cl.,  Div.  Hq.,  Foley,  Minn. 


J.  V.  Mousel 

Pvt,  1st  cl.,  Hq.  Troop,  Motor  Sec, 
R.  i,  Dell  Rapids,  S.  D. 


Miscellaneous 


93 


Frank  Y.  Luni; 
Div.  Hq.,  525  Locust  St.,  Des  Moines, 
la. 


Dawn  D.  Alter 

Sales  Commissary  Xo.  301,  52d  and 

S  sts.,  South  Side,  Omaha,  Nebr. 


Harry  Rickers 
Cook,  88th  Military  Police  Co.,  Ever- 
lv,  la.  (Savs  he  belonged  to  A.  E. 
F.  E.  F.  O.  F.— A.  E.  F.  Explor- 
ing France  On  Foot.  Picture  tak- 
en in  France.) 


Emil  Carlson 
Horseshoer,  88th  Military  Police  Co., 
R.  4,  St.  James,  Minn. 


Joe  J.  Heinz 
Ipswich,  S.  D. 


94 


349th   Infantry 


349th  Infantry 


Everett  G.  Tripp 
Capt.,  Inf.,  Co.  I,  1003  Nebraska  St., 
Sioux   City,  la.     City  Editor  The 
Tribune. 


Clarence  J.  Higgins 
1st   Lt,    Chaplain,    Odell,    111.     Now 
Chaplain  Sth  F.  A.,  Camp  Taylor, 
Ky. 


Morton  F.  Dorothy 
2d  Lt.,  M.  G.  Co.,  Sauk  Centre,  Minn. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


C.  J.  Searle 
Corp.,  Hq.  Co.,  2501   16th  Ave.   So., 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Milo  W.  ("Billy")  Billingsley 
Mus.    Hq.    Co.     Producer    of    175th 
Brig.     Theatrical    Co.,    310    West 
Walnut  St.,  Des  Moines,  la. 


Howard  H.  Platt 
Hq.  Co.,  Mus.,  349th  Inf.  Band,  Ca- 
manche,  la. 


Le  Roy  E.  Malloy 
Signal  Platoon,  Hq.  Co.,  North  Bend, 
Nebr. 


Roman  R.  Kussmann 
Hq.  Co.,  Brunswick,  Mo. 


Louis  K.  Hoyt 
Trench  Mortar  Squad,  Hq.  Co.,  Win- 
igan,  Mo. 


349th   Infantry 


95 


Patrick  Harvey  Kearins,  Jr., 
Trench  Mortar  Squad,  Hq.  Co.,  607 
West  Park  St.,  Mexico,  Mo. 


Edward  Lovsin 
Trench  Mortar  Squad,  Hq.  Co..  1408 
Clement  St.,  Joliet,  111.     (Taken  in 
France.) 


Henry  Seaman 
Pioneer  Platoon,  Hq.  Co.,  R.  F.  D.  5, 
Pipestone,  Minn. 


Clyde  W.  Meginnis 
Pvt.,  1st  cl,  M.  G.  Co.,  R.  F.  D.  2, 
Keokuk,  la. 


John  Von  Hagel 
Co.  A.,  Box  68,  Akron,  la. 


Victor  V.  Clark 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Hq.  Squad,  Co.  A,  Ap- 
pleton,  Minn.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Frederick  R.  Velcheck 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  A,  Box  494,  Thorpe, 
Wis.     (Taken   in   France.) 


John  F.  W'kndt 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  A,  Kirkman,  la. 


A.  J.  Weyerts 
Pvt.   1st  cl.,   Co.  A,  Venango,  N'ebr. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


96 


349th   Infantry 


Charles  R.  Makemson 
No.  2,  Rear  Rank,  Sq.  3,  2d  PI.,  Co. 
A,  Woonsockct,  S.  D.     (Taken  in 
France.) 


Gaile  H.  Wallis 
Sgt,    4th    Platoon,    Co.    A,    Menard, 
Texas. 


Paul  J.  Schultz 
Mech.,  Hq.  Platoon,  Co.  B,  425  Mon- 
roe St.,  Jefferson  City,  Mo.     (Tak- 
en in  France.) 


Earl  R.  Tatman 
Corp.,    Co.    B,   Wildwood   Park,    Sac 
City,  la.     (Taken  in  Monte  Carlo, 
Mar.  12,  1919.) 


John  W.  Roberts 
Observer,  Int.  Platoon,  Co.  B,  Mem- 
ber of  winning  88th  Div.  Rifle 
Team  in  A.  E.  F.  contest  at  Le 
Mans,  752  Washington  Blvd.,  Kan- 
sas City,  Kans. 


Roy  S.  Sours 
Mech.,  Co.  B,  323  Hagood  St.,   Mo- 
berly,  Mo.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Berkley  M.  Martin 
Mech.,  Co.  B,  Fulton,  Mo. 


Walter  W.  Anderson 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  R.  F.  D.  1,  Spen- 
cer, la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Carl  A.  'Burgland 
Co.  B,  Rosebud,  S.  D. 


349th  Infantry 


97 


Olaf  C.  Haglund 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  Brandon,  Minn. 


Jens  N.  Schultz 
Corp.,  Co.  C,  R.  F.  D.  1,  Rutland,  la. 


John  Webber 
Corp.,   Co.   C,   Missouri  Valley,   la. 


Charles  S.  Kersting 
Co.  C,  Gilmpre,  St.  Charles  Co.,  Mo 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Albert  Scholtes 
Co.  C,  La  Motte,  la. 


Russel  Strand 
Co.  D,  Leeds,  N.  D. 


Martin  E.  Landberg 
Co.  D.  R.  F.  D.  1,  Pilot  Mound,  la. 


Walter  O.  Proeschold 
Corp.,  Co.  E,  Fort  Dodge,  la. 


Joseph  Gunther 
Sgt.,    4th    Platoon,    Co.    F,    334    So. 
Broad  St.,  Fremont,  Nebr. 


349th   Infantry 


Charles  E.  Verville 
Co.  F,  123  E.  Hennepin  Ave.,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 


Francis  E.  Newquist 
Liaison  Sec.,  2d  Bn;,  Co.  G,  Dudley, 
la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Joseph  Hatwan 
Co.  G,  Sq.  13,  2d  PI.,  Tabor,  S.  D. 
Picture  taken  beside  grave  of  broth- 
er, Charles  Hatwan,  Co.  I,  350th 
Inf.,  who  died  at  Hericourt,  Oct.  IS, 
1918,  of  influenza,  after  reaching 
France  Aug.  28.  Both  brothers 
trained  first  at  Camp  Funston.  Jo- 
seph returned  home  June  11,  1919, 
and  (he  writes)  "was  d—  glad 
of  it." 


John  J.  Tray 
Corp.,  Sq.  6,  3d  PL,  Co.  H,  1605 
Main  St.,  Ottumwa,  la. 


Martin  W.  Sanders 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Sq.  5,  1st  PI.,  Co.  H,  R. 
F.   D.  6,  Box  69,  Vincennes,   Ind. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Henry  P.  Moisant 
Hq.   Interpreter,   Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.   I, 
Vermilion,  S.  D. 


Guy  B.  Hainke 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Hq.  Sq.,  Co.  I,  R.  F.  D. 
1,  Otis,  Kans. 


John  B.  Lee 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  I,  600  N.  Main  St., 
Hutchinson,      Kans.        (Taken     at 
Rcffroy.) 


Joseph   Hoff 
1st  Sq.,  2d  PI.,  Co.  I,  R.  F.  D.  8.  Box 
35,  Beresford,  S.  D. 


349th  Infantry 


99 


Oscar  N.  Hagen 
Sq.  7,  2d  PL,  Co.  I,  R.  F.  D.  4,  Box 
9,  Sisseton,  S.  D. 


Edward  I.  Johnson 
Co.  I,  Box  222,  Leonardville,  Kans. 
(Taken  in  the  Alps.) 


Glenn  V.  Veatch 
Co.    I,    Palco,     Kans.       (Taken    in 
France.) 


M.  H.  Simmons 
Sgt.,  Co.  K,  105  Mott  St.,  Hampton, 
la. 


Peter  O.  Leseth 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.   No.  1,  1st  Sq.,  Co.  K, 
Decorah,  la. 


Arthur  W.  Peterson 
Co.  K,  3d  Bn.  Runner,   R.  F.  D.  3, 
Box  58,  Marathon,  la. 


Dave  Perry 
9th  Sq.,  2d  PL,  Co.  K,  1412  8th  Ave., 
Scotts  Bluff,  Nebr. 


John  F.  Johnson 
Co.  K,  Witten,  S.  D. 


Hartwick  Johnson 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  L,  Goodwin,  S.  D. 


100 


349th  Infantry 


Sam  A.  Razook 

Pvt.  1st  cl..  3d  Sq.,  2d  PI.,  Co.  L, 
(The'" When  do  we  eats"),  Mound- 
ridge,  Kans.     (Taken  in  the  Alps.) 


Albert  Wohlwend 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.   L,    1247    Seminary 
St.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


Earl  T.  Chambers 
Co.  L,  1328  Laura  St.,  Wichita,  Kans. 
(Taken  in  Keffroy.) 


Thos.   T.   Sherman 
Mech.,  Hq.  Sq.,  Co.  L,  Peruque,  Mo. 


William  Walter  McGhee 
Co.  L.,  Colome,  S.  D. 


Co.  L. 


Paul  Wili 
Bennett,   la. 


Joseph  Two  Bear 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.    M.,    Cannon    Ball, 
N.  D. 


William  S.  GrabtlL 
Pvt.,    1st  cl.,  Co.  M.,   Canton,  Kans. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


George  P.  Eitzen 
Med.   Detch.,   349th   Inf.,   c/o   Farm- 
er's   State    Bank,    Mountain    Lake, 
Minn.      (Taken   in    France.) 


350th    Infantry 


101 


350th  Infantry 


Bertram  G.  Dickinson 
Major,  350th  Inf.,  Commissioned 
captain  1st  O.  T.  C,  Ft.  Snclling; 
Regtl.  Adjt.,  350th  Inf.,  Camp 
Dodge ;  prom,  major  June  4,  1918 ; 
overseas  Aug.  11,  1918;  command- 
ed 1st  Bn.  in  front  line  Oct.  5-22, 
1918,  and  2nd  Army  Area ;  arriv- 
ed U.  S.  Feb.  15,  1919;  entered 
hospital,  Denver ;  still  in  service. 
Home,  2215  Oliver  Ave  So.,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 


Minor  F.  Wasson 
Capt.,    Co.    C,    501    E.    Colfax 
Denver,   Colo. 


St., 


Orren  E.  Safford 
Capt.,  Co.  G.     (Taken  prisoner  Oct. 
12,     1918.)       Attorney,     819     First 
Natl.      Bk.      Bldg.,       Minneapolis, 
Minn. 


George  T.  Gurley 
Capt.,    Supply    Co.,    Attorney,    Pipe- 
stone, Minn. 


James  P.  Dudley 
1st    Lt,    Co.    G,   650   Portland    Ave, 
St.   Paul,   Minn. 


Verne  Schaefer 
Sgt.,     350th     Regt.     Band,     501     N. 
Wright     St,     Eagle     Grove,     la. 
(Taken  in  France  Oct.  26,  1918.) 


Edward  Knoche 
Mus,     2nd    cl„     350th    Regt.    Band, 
Wheatland,  la.  (Taken  in  France.) 


Arthur  H.  Kuhlman 
Mus,  3rd  cl,  350th  Regt.  Band,  Box 
81,  Wimbledon,   N.  D.      (Taken  at 
Nice.) 


Bryan  Bunner 
Observer    Sq,    1st.   Bn.   Intell.   Sect. 
Seneca,  Nebr. 


102 


350th   Infantry 


Ernest  E.  Bumann 
Mus.,    350th    Regt.    Band,    Box    56, 
Alta,  la. 


Carl  E.  Gustaveson 
Mus.,  1st  cl.,  350th  Regt.  Band,  823 
N.  Court  St.,  Ottumwa,  la.     (Tak- 
en at  Is-Sur-Tille,  Jan.  7,  1919.) 


Alfred  N.  Sansom 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Signal  Platoon,  Hq.  Co., 
612  E  2nd  St.,  Carthage,  Mo. 


J**  MM 


Harvey  L.  Pries  (left),  Mess  Sgt., 
Hq.  Co.,  Tripoli,  la.  Chas.  Abbi- 
not,  French  soldier,  (center) ;  El- 
mer Miechel   (right). 


Clyde  H.  Coulthard 
Sgt.,    Trench    Mortar    Platoon,    Hq. 
Co.,      Gravity,      la.        (Taken     in 
France.) 


John  Whitworth 
Wag.,   Supply  Co.,  Lone  Dell,  Mo. 


Charles  J.  Huck 
Wag.,    Supply    Co.,    Ste.    Genevieve, 
Mo.     (Taken  in  Giromagny,  Nov. 
1,  1918.) 


William  C.  Caneer 
Supply  Co.,  Senath,  Mo. 


J.  H.  Westbay 
Sgt.,    M.    G.    Co.,    614    N.    7th    St., 
Monett,  Mo. 


350th   Infantry 


103 


William  F.  Lynch 
Sgt.,  M.  G.  Co.,  R.  F.  D.  4,  Bernard, 
la. 


A.  E.  Mantey 
Corp.,  M. '  G.  Co.,  2nd  Sq.,  Lu  Verne, 
la. 


George  M.  Darlington 
Corp.,    M.    G.    Co.,    1st    Sq,    129    N. 
12th  St.,  Lincoln,   Nebr. 


Carl  E.  Johnson 
Cook,  M.  G.  Co.,  R.  F.  D.  1,  Center 
City,   Minn. 


Ralph  D.  Stanton 
Cook,   M.   G.   Co.,   311   So.   Madison 
St.,  Iowa  City,  la. 


Forest  R.  Riley 
Pvt..    1st    cl.,    M.    G.    Co.,    Dighton, 
Kans. 


James  C.  Clinch 
4th  Sq.,  M.  G.  Co,  Verdel,  Nebr. 


Dan  G.  Steckdaub 
Corp,   Co.  A,  Woodlandville,   Mo. 


Milton  E.  Clyde 
Pvt,  1st  cl,   1st  Sq,  1st  PI,  Co.  A, 
Royal,   Nebr. 


104 


350th  Infantry 


John  Schaurer 
Pvt,   1st  cl,  3rd  Sq.,  2nd   PI.,  Mina, 
S.  D.     (Drafted  June,  24,   1918,  to 
Camp    Fiinston ;     trans,    to    Camp 
Dodge.) 


John  D.  Reil 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.   A,   Wilmot,   S.   D. 
(Taken    in   France.; 


Ernest  R.  Watkins 
Co.  A,  Garemont,  S.  D. 


R.     P.     BURFENING 

Corp.,  Co.  B,  530  De  Lendrecie  Blk., 
Fargo,  N.  D.     (Taken  at  Nice.) 


Fred  R.  Pace 
Pvf.,   1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  Santa  Fc,  Kans. 


Joseph  Emanuel  Pearson 
Co.    B,    Bethel,    Minn.      (Gassed    in 
action;    photo  taken   in  the  Alps.) 


E.  F.  TlTTI.K 
Co.  B.,  Harrisonville,  Mo. 


Ai.vik    Ferguson 

Co.  B.,  Redfield,  S.  D. 


J.   P.  Wagner 
Corp.,    Co.    C,    4815    Ingersoll    Ave., 
Dee  Moines,  la. 


350th    Infantry 


105 


August  Von  Deule 
Pvt.,  1st  cl,  Co.  C,  R.  F.  D.  6,  Deni- 
son,   la. 


Soph  us  Kanstrup 
Mess  Sgt.,  Co.  D,  Terril,  la.    (Taken 
in  France.) 


G.  W.  Ekholm 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    Co.    C,    R.    F.    D.    1, 
Windom,  Kans. 


Alfred  Madsen 
Cook,  Co.   D,  R.  F.  D.  1,  Elk  Horn, 
la. 


Martin  A.  Jacobson 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    Co.    E,    R.    F.    D. 
Boone,  la. 


Oliver  E.  Reno 
Co.  F,  Terril,  la.  (  Reno  or  "Red" 
hails  from  an  Iowa  farm  and  is 
back  again  at  the  old  stand,  he 
writes.  The  height  of  his  ambi- 
tion was  to  attain  the  rank  of 
buck  private,  and  thus  he  served 
in  the  A.  E.  F.  He  has  a  peculiar 
dread  for  this  "fall  in"  stuff  since 
crossing  a  creek  near  Hericourt, 
was  also  a  Flu  victim.  "And  from 
the  time  we  first  begin  to  know,  we 
live  and  learn  and  often  wiser 
grow.") 


Rric  Erickson 
Co.  C,  3rd  Sq.,  2nd  PI.,  R.  F.  D.  4, 
Box  35,   Hawarden,  la.    (Taken  in 
France.) 


Alfred  Lewis  Leeman 
Co.  D,  730  Kentucky  St.,  Lawrence, 
Kans. 


Herman  Priegnitz 
Corp.,    Co.    G,    5th    Sq.,    Sutherland, 
la.     (Taken  in   France.) 


106 


350th   Infantry 


Dan  W.  Webb 
Corp.,  1st  Sq.,  4th  PI.,  Co.  G,  R.  F. 
D.  4,  Imlay  City,  Mich. 


John  Treimer 
3rd  Sq.,  Co.  G,  Hartley,  la. 


Henry  C.  Rutherford 
Corp.,  3d   Sq.,  2nd   PI.,   Co.   H,  Ar- 
lington, S.  D.   (Taken  in  France.) 


Max  H.  Lange 
Corp.,  5th  Sq.,  3rd  PI.,  Co.  H,  Ivan- 
hoe,  Minn. 


William  C.  Bush 
Corp.,  Co.  H,  Utica,  Mo. 


Harry  A.  Tumbleson 
Cook,  Co.  H,  Austin,  Mo. 


Garth  M.  Lowry 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  H,  Buckhart,  Mo. 


Philip  J.  Boland 
Corp.,  Int.  Sec,  Snipers,  3rd  Bn.,  Co. 
I,  R.  F.  D.  3,  Box  23,  Elkader,  la. 


Herbert  O.  Light 
Co.  K,  2nd  Sq.,  2nd  PI.,  Munger,  Mo. 


350th  Infantry 


107 


Paul  W.  Ross 
Mech.,  Co.  L,  Moscow  Mills,  Mo. 


John  F.  Asche 
Pvt.,  1st  cL,  3rd  Sq.,  1st  PI.,  Co.  L, 
Little  Rock,  la. 


Fred  B.  Hinrichs  - 
P.vt.,   1st  cl,  Co.  L,  Little  Rock,  la. 


Rudolph  F.  Scheller 
Co.  L,  Hankinson,  N.  D. 


Zehnder  Hicks 
4th    Sq.,   2nd   PL,    Co.   L,    Mulberry, 
Kans. 


Nathan  Firdman 
Mech.,    Co.    L,    8746    Bay    15th    St., 
Brooklyn,      N.      Y.        (Taken      in 
France.) 


Henry  Eeten 
Co.  M,  Rock  Rapids,  la. 


Victor  T.  Marek 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.;  Co.  M,  Aron,  S.  D. 


William  F.  Grace 
Pvt,    1st    cl.,    Int.    PI.    (Scouts    and 
Snipers),   Co.  M,  Kings,  Ogle  Co., 
111. 


108 


350th   Infantry 


W.-N.  Merriman 
Sgt.,  Co.  M,  Volga  City,  la. 


351st  Infantry 


Frank  R.  Borden 
Major,  M.  C,  Medical  Detch.,  Plain- 
held,  Wis. 


Harry  W.  Dahleen 
1st  Lieut.,  Co.  A,  Maynard,   Minn. 


Murray  W.  Snell 

Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Med.  Detch,  Cor  6th  St. 

and   6th   Ave.,   Faribault,   Minn. 


Porter  B.  Remington 
Med.   Detch.,   2nd   Bn.,    Spring  Val- 
ley, Minn. 


Tkii  WYrst  ' 
Med.    Detch.,    2nd    Bn.,    Greenwald, 
Minn. 


Krmand   E.   MaCEDO 
Mus.,    Hq.    Co.,    128    Bridge    St.,    E. 
Cambridge,    Mass. 


351st  Infantry 


109 


Chester  Brodt 
37mm.  PI.,   1st  Gun   Crew,   Hq.  Co., 
Welcome,    Minn. 


Ludwig  B.  Anderson 
Corp.,    Sq.   2,    Hq.   Co.,   Orchard,    la. 


Cyrus  R.  Truitt 
Corp,  Hq.  Co,  Radio  Sq,  P.  O.  Bx. 
426,  Novinger,  Mo.  (Weighs  240 
lbs. — army  style — and  was  the 
"little''  corporal  in  charge  of  the 
champion  radio  squad  at  the  En- 
listed Men's  Show,  Apr.  26,  1919; 
made  complete  radio  set  out  of 
"junk"  and  caught  the  daily  wire- 
less news  from  home.) 


Elliott  Whitlow 
Hq.   Co,   Sq.  2,    Signal   PI,   734  5th 
St,   Boonville,  Mo. 


Erwin  B.  Thomas 
Corp,  M.  G.  Co,  Cowgill,  Mo. 


Lloyd  L.  Howard 
Wag,  Supply  Co,  R.  F.  D.  1,  Farra- 
gut,  la. 


J.  W.  Foubert 
Pvt,  1st  cl,  Sq.  2,  Hq.  PI,  M.  G.  Co, 
408  Cherry  St,  Grand  Forks,  N.  D. 


Howard  F.  Rohrer 

M.    G.    Co,    620  4th   Ave.    S,    Fort 

Dodge,  la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Roy  N.  Jones 
M.    G.    Co,   Bx.    145,    Cheney,    Kans. 


110 


3S1st  Infantry 


Cleo  A.  Bond 
M.  G.  Co.,  Benson,  Minn. 


Virgil  G.  Harris 
Sgt.,  1st  PL,  Co.  A,  Tarkio,  Mo. 


Marion  F.  Sloan 
Corp.,  Sq.  1,  Co.  A.  908  Kansas  Ave., 
Great  Bend,   Kans. 


Charles  O.  Irelan 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  A  Runner,  Drakes- 
vill,  la. 


Joseph  L.  Struble 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    Co.    A,    Castana,    la. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Roy  L.  Fox 
Co.   A,    1st   Bn.    Intell.    PL,    Ashland, 
Kansas. 


Carl  V.  Ball 
Co.  A,  Tingley,  la. 


Krekor  Kachaijcrian 
Co.   A.  28-30  S.  Wabash  Ave.,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 


Orrin  E.  Zea 
Corp.,  Co.  B,  Sq.  4,  R.  F.  D.  3,  Dcni- 
son,  la. 


351st  Infantry 


111 


James  H.  Stoddard 
Corp.,  Co.  B,  Sq.  1,  4th  PI.,  Chelsea, 
la. 


Fred  C.  Layman 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    Co.    B,    Walnut    la. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Richard  Rasmussen 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  Garner,  la. 


Ervin  B.  Burchett 
Co.  B.,  R.  F.  D.  4,   Bx.  83,  Annan- 
dale,  Minn.     (Taken  in  Paris.) 


Cecil  Guy  Edwards 
Co.  B,  7th  Sq.,  1st  PL,  Beeler,  Kans. 


Alex  A.  Benson 
Co.  B,  Elk  River,  Minn.,  R.  3. 


George  C.   Parks 
Co.  B,  Applegarth,  Md. 


J.  E.  Cutsinger 
Co.  B,  R.  F.  D.  2,  New  London,  Mo. 


Johannes  J.  Kopervik 
Co.  B,  Sq.  5,  2d  PL,  Pitt,  Minn. 


112 


351  st  Infantry 


Anthony  J.  Birch mier 
Sq.  7,  3d  PL,  -Co.  B,  R.  F.  D.  3,  Mil- 
ton, la. 


Wilbur  D.  Martin 
Sq.  2,  4th  PI.,  Co.  B,  R.  F.  D.,  Britt, 
la. 


Charley  A.  Firch 
Corp.,  Co.   C,   Deep   River,   la. 


Oscar  F.  Gerding 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  C,  New  Haven,  Mo. 


W.  L.  Truex 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Sq.   11,  2d  PL,  Co.   C, 
Canistota,  S.  D. 


Eric  A.  Thielman 
Co.  C,  Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Wayne,  Nebr. 


Ci.ell  Ritter 
Co.  C,  Rowena.  S.  D. 


Walter  F.i.vix   Kk  strum 
Mech.,  Hq.  PL,  G>.  D.  Bx.  185,  Car- 
ver,  Minn. 


Isaac  G.  Smith 
Co.   D,   Sq.  2,  4th   PL,   Excello,   Mo. 
Wishes     "Good    Luck"    to    all    the 
boys.     (Taken  in  France.) 


351st  Infantry 


113 


Walter  Scott  Hodgson,  Jr. 
Sth  Sq.,  2d  PL,  Co.  D,  Tulare,  S.  D. 


Chester  G.  Eads 
4th  Sq.,  4th  PL,  Co.  E,  Pvt,  1st  cl., 
315  Brady  St.,  Davenport,  la. 


Tommie  T.  Morris 
Sq.  2,  4th  PL,  Co.  E,  Atilander,  N. 
G,  Main  st  i 


W.  J.  Wimer 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,   (Automatic  Sq.)   Co.  F, 
Lamoni,  la. 


Edward  H.  Mills 
Co.  F,  No.  1  Fire  Dept.,  Coffeyville, 
Kans.      (Taken    in    Metz,    Dec.    8, 
1918.) 


John  A.  Isaac 
Sq.   10,  Co.  F,  Stacyville,  la. 


Charles  L.  Starkweather 
Sgt.,  Co.  G,  Greene,  la. 


Roy  P.  Carr 
Corp.,    Co.    G,    Bevier,    Mo. 
in  France.) 


(Taken 


M.  R.  Levorson 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Sq.   1,  3rd   PL.   Co.  G, 
Grygla,   P.  O.   Bx.   152,   Minn. 


114 


351st  Infantry 


Everett  Bowen 
Co.  G  (On  duty  at  Personnel  Office), 
117    E.    13th    St.,    Abilene,    Kans. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Floyd  P.  Bowen 
Co.  G,  Anthony,  Kans. 


Arthur  G.  Johnstox 
Cc.   G,   R.   5,   Bx.   11,   Denison,   la. 


Charles  R.  McCaughey 
Co.  G,  R.  F.  D.  6,  Milan,  Mo.    (Ta1, 
en  in  France.) 


Earl  J.  Cober 
Corp.,  Co.  H,  R.  F.  D.  2,  Gladbrook, 
la. 


H.    J.    SCHUPANITZ 

Hq.    Sq.,    Co.   H,    Cook,    Festina,    la. 


George  Gilbertson 
Cook,  Co.  H,  Enderlin,  N.  D. 


Elmer  Nelson 
Pvt.,    1st  el.,   Sq.  3,  2d   PL,   Co.  H, 
Emerson,    la. 


Fred  C.  Simonson 
Co.    H,    Irene,    S.    D.       (Taken     in 
France.) 


351st  Infantry 


115 


George  T.  Miller 
Co.   H,   Bx.   131,  Little  Falls,   Kans. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Elmer  G.  Johnson 
Sgt.  4th   PL,   Co.   I,    P.   O.   Mailing 
Clerk,  Hibbing,  Minn. 


Homer  B.  George 
Cook,  Co.  I   (also  275th  M.  P.  Co.) 
530  S.  Caldwell  St.,  Brookfield,  Mo. 


John  Dzuris 
Pvt.,  1st  cL,  Co.  I,  R.  1,  Jefferson,  la. 


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W.  Orrin  Sloan 
Mus.   3d  cL,   Hq.   Co.,    Band    (left) 

Wm.  R.  Sloan,  Sq.  1,  1st  PL,  Co.  I 
(right)  AtascaderO,  Calif. 


Henry  S.  Opstvedt 
Co.  I.  Sq.  6,  1st  PL,  Roland,  la. 


Tosso  H.  Friedbauer 
Sq.  6,  1st  PL,  Co.  I,  R  3,  De  Smet, 
S.  D. 


^^. 


Henry  H.  Quinn 
Sgt.,   Co.  I,  445   3d  St.,   San  Diego, 
Calif. 


Leo  Clarence  Johnson 
Co.    I,    Hillsboro,    la.      (Taken    in 
Paris.) 


116 


351st  Infantry 


Thomas  E.  Foster 
Co.  I,  Madison,  Kans. 


Russell  H.  Hauck 
Corp.,    Co.    K    (trans,    to    Candidate 
1    School    at    La    Valbone    and    sent 
home  as  casual,  Feb.  1919.) 


George  E.  Cobb 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,   Co.  K,  R.  F.  D.  3,  El- 
dora,  la. 


Clarence  J.  Hoskins 
Pvt.,     1st    cl.,    Co.     K,    Tonganoxie, 
Kans. 


Milton  H.  Mahler 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.    K,    Sq.   6,   2d    PI. 
R.  3,  Waseca  Minn. 


H.  H.  Pi.acexs 
Co.  K,  Sq.  5,  PI.  2   (Xo.   1,  F.  R.) 
Tripoli,  la. 


Carl  C.  Ckamoi.ini 
Sgt.,  Co.  L,  474  Snelling  Ave.  S.,  St. 
Paul,  Minn.  (Cramolini  was  ser- 
geant of  winning  platoon  of  Infan- 
try Platoon  Drill  at  Enlisted  Men's 
Show  at  Gondrecourt.  Apr.  26,  1919. 
Photo  taken  at  Houdelaincourt, 
Dec.  16,  1918.) 


Corp.  Workman's  Automatic  Rifle 
Sq.  i  3d  Sq.,  3d  PI.)  Co.  L.  Front 
rank  (from  left) — Frank  Round- 
nclli.  Glenn  A.  Cox,  E,arl  J.  Case, 
Corp.  Glenn  M.  Workman.  Farra- 
gut,  la.  Rear — Alva  Yardley,  Sam 
Blaine,  Herbert  Biechler.  Work- 
man declares  it  was  the  best  squad 
in  the  company. 


351  st  Infantry 


117 


Chas.  T.  Fleak 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Sq.  1,  2d  PL,  Co.  L,  Star 
Route,  Edina,  Mo. 


Arthur  E.  Vttrevold 
Co.  L,  Huxley,  la. 


Henry  A.  Rasmusson 
Co.  L,  R.  1,  Marshalltown,  la. 


Charles  W.  Engler 
Co.  L,  1801  S.  Harrison  St.,  Sedalia, 
Mo. 


Lonnie  Lee  German 
Co.  L,  Thurman,  Fremont  Co.,  la. 


Frank  Kilgore 
Co.  L,  Reger,  Mo. 


Stuart  Wilnerd 
Corp.,  Co.  M,  Narcatur,  Kans. 


Otto  D.  Goslar 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  M,  Charter  Oak,  la. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Wilbert  G.  Hamilton 
3d  Sq.,  3d   PL,  Co.   M,   Pvt..   1st   cl., 
Elmo,  Mo. 


118 


351st  Infantry 


Bert  M.  Oftedahl 
4th  Sq.,  3d  PI.,  Co.  M,  Thompson,  la. 


Cloice  C.  Harrison 
Pvt.,    1st  cl.,   Sq.  6,  2d  PL,  1520  S. 
Barrett  St..  Sedalia,   Mo. 


Wayne  S.  Goff 
Pvt,  1st  cl.,  Co.  M,  Guthrie  Center, 
la. 


3S2d    Infantry 


119 


352d  Infantry 


■  I  ^HBI 


Clyde  F.  Dreisbach 
Lieut.-Col.,  352d  Inf.,  also  Div.  Wel- 
fare Officer  at  Gondrecourt ;    Cor. 
Lake     and     California     Ave.,     Ft. 
Wayne,  Ind. 


G.  H.  Russ,  Jr. 
Major,    352d   Inf.,  305   3d   St.,    Bis- 
marck,  N.  D.     (Received  Division 
Citation). 


Albert  D.  Vaughan 

Capt.,  Co.  L,  606  N.  3d  St.  W.,  Cedar 

Rapids,  la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Charles  W.  Briggs 
Capt.  and  Regtl.  Adjt,  3S2d  Inf.,  St. 
Paul  Athletic  Club,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


Floyd  M.  Andrews 
Capt.,  Regtl.  Intelligence  Officer,  4209 
2d  Ave.  S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


J.  B.  Richards 
1st  Lieut.,  Co.   I;    also  Liaison  Offi- 
cer to   176th  Inf.   Brig.   Hq.,   Red 
Lake  Falls,  Minn,  (at  present  Min- 
neapolis, Minn.) 


WlLFIELD  O.  SHRUM 

1st  Lieut,  M.  G.  Co.,  3819  Parker  St., 
Omaha,  Nebr.  Trans,  to  23d  Inf., 
2d  Div.,  overseas;  now  serving  at 
Camp  Travis,  Tex. 


Clarence  V.  Carlson 
1st  Lieut.,   Co.   B,  223   Sth  Ave.   S., 
Valley  City,  N.  D. 


William  L.  Hassett 
1st  Lieut.,  Co.  G,  998  Lexington  Ave., 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 


120 


352d    Infantry 


J.  M.  Craig 
1st   Lieut.,   Co.   H,    733   Perrin   Ave., 
Council   Bluffs,   la. 


August  C.  Schmidt 
1st   Lieut.,    Co.    L,    1421    Washington 
St.,   Lincoln,  Nebr.     Now  in  retail 
mercantile  business. 


David  S.  Owen 
1st  Lieut.,  Co.  M,  4410  Lake  Harriet 
Blvd.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Dr.  F.  J.  Spain 
1st  Lieut.,  D.  R.  C,  3rd  Bn.  Dental 
Corps,  Kingsley,  la. 


Byron  J.  Campbell 
Pvt..  1st  cl.,  Med.  Detch.,  Cor.  Maple 
and  Mozon  Sts.,  Coal  City,  111. 


Archie  Ross 
Intell.  Sect.  Sniper,    (1st  Bn.   Scout) 
2949  Highland  Ave.,   Kansas  City, 
Mo.     (Taken  in  the  Alps.) 


Ralph  V.  Wallace 
Corp.,  Hq.  Co.,  Page,  N.  D. 


Lko  Goodwin 

Stable    Sgt,     Hq.    Co.,    R.     F. 
Shade,  O. 


D.    1, 


Edwin    Hollan 
Mus.,  2nd  cl.,   Hq.  Co.,   Band,   Kulm, 
X.  D. 


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121 


Ludwig  I.  Roe 
Hq.   Co.,   Montevideo,   Minn.,   Editor 
Montevideo  News. 


Walter  A.  Hammarback 
Sgt.    Trench    Mortar    Platoon,    Hq. 
Co.,     2906     Exeter     St..     Duluth, 
Minn.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Ragnvald  Ardal 
Sq.   1,   Pioneer   PI.,   Hq.  Co.,   Sebeka, 
Minn. 


G.  A.  Roland 
Sgt.,     Stokes     Mortar — 37mm.     Pla- 
toons,  Hq.   Co.,  5801   Grand   Ave., 
Duluth,  Minn.  (Taken  in  the  Alps.) 


"Pete"  F.  Grauer 
Corp.,     Sq.     377mm.,     PI.,     Hq.     Co., 
Marcus,   la. 


Devillo  O.   Prouty 
Hq.  Co.,  Elkader,  la. 


Joseph  John  Peters 
Wag.,   Supply  Co.,  1319  S.  Compton 
Ave.,    St.    Louis,    Mo.      (Taken    in 
France.) 


David  Lindholm 
Wag.,  Supply  Co.,  R.  1;  Bx.  18,  Deer- 
wood,    Minn. 


Sigurd  L.  Johnson 
Cook,    M.    G.    Co.,    1010    Kenwood 
Parkway,   Minneapolis,   Minn. 


122 


352d    Infantry 


Arthur  S.  Olson 
Pvt,   1st  cl.,   M.   G.   Co.,   Olson   St., 
Charlson,   N.  D.     (Taken  at   Bel- 
fort.) 


Roy  A.  Hurtt 
M.  G.  Co.,  Hoople,  N.  D. 


Cecil  Percy  Russell 
M.  G.  Co.,  Bottineau,  N.  D. 


John  Olson 
M.  G.  Co.,  Buxton,  N.  D. 


Stanislav  Wallach 
Corp.,  Co.  A,  Fenton.  St.  Louis  Co., 
Mo. 


Roman  J.  Palen 
Corp.,    Co.    A,    (right    guide)    Cale- 
donia, Minn. 


William  Ray  Frederick 
Corp.,  Co.   A,  Lisbon,  Linn  Co.,   la. 


John  J.  Goettelmann 

Corp.,    Sq.    1,   3rd    PL,    110   8th    St., 

Luxemburg,    St.   Louis   Co..   Mo. 


Charles  A.  Kade 
Corp.,  Sq.  3,  Co.  A,  3833  Texas  Ave., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 


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123 


Clyde  H.  Miller 
Corp.,    Sq.    24,    Co.    A,    Savonburg, 
Kans. 


Michael  Smith 
Co.  A,  R.  5,  Parker,  S.  D. 


Chelsea  Shafer 
Co.  A,  Marcus,  la. 


Iver  Nelson 
Co.  A,  Langford,  S.  D. 


H.  G.  Roysland 
Platoon    Sgt,    Co.    B,   34   Mill   Ad., 
International   Falls,   Minn. 


Louis  Mintrup 
Corp.,  Co.  B,  Assistant  Cashier  Citi- 
zens   Bank,    Union,    Mo.      (Taken 
in  France.) 


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O.  A.  Greene 
Pvt.,   1st  cl„   Co.   B,   Sq.  5,  2nd  PI. 
Panora,  la. 


Alfred  G.  Klimaschesky 
Co.    B,    Kramer,    N.    D.      (Taken    in 
France.) 


John  B.  McKettrick 
Co.  B,  Sq.  28,  R.  3,  Le  Mars,  la. 


124 


352i>    Infantry 


Arthur  J.  Rudolph 

Sgt.,    Co.    C,    3520    Paris    Ave.,    St. 

Louis,  Mo.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Johannes  P.  Haug 
Bugler,  Co.  C,  Sheyenne,  N.  D. 


Carl  David  Lundberg 
2nd    Sq.    1st    PL,    Co.    C,    Douglas, 
Wyo. 


Frank  F.  Neumann 
2nd   Sq.,  2nd   PI.,   Hankinson,   N.   D. 


Cyrille  Croisettier 
Co.  C,   Bottineau,   N.   D. 


George  R.  Moehlmann 
Sq.  4,  PI.  3,  Co.  C,  R.  6  Akron,  la. 


Joseph   Alick 

Sq.  1,   PI.  3,  Co.  C,   Bclcourt,    X.    D. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


Walter  W.  Kaiser 
Mech.,  Co.  D,  Monona,  la.     (Taken 
in  France.) 


l-'.I.MER    R.    KUHN 

Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.   D,   Hermann,   Mo. 


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12S 


Harvey  Hopkins 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  D,  Elbo woods,  N.  D. 
(Taken   in  Coblenz.) 


Mii.o  C.  Irwin 
Pvt.,     1st     cl.,     Co.     D,     Cambridge, 
Kans. 


Roy  Stoneking 
Sq.  1,  2nd  PL,  Co.  D,  R.  3,  Mt.  Ver- 
non,  la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Edward  Williamson 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  5th  Sq,  4th   PL,  Co.   D, 
R.  5,  Independence,  la. 


Wm.  P.  Steinbach 
Sgt,    Intell.    Sec,   2nd    Bn.,    Bx.    383, 
St.  James,   Minn. 


\\  m.  H.  Heyer 
Pvt.,  1st  cl,  Co.  E,  Strawberry  Point, 
la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Victor  Brundeen 
Co.  E,  Akron,   la. 


A.  F.  Stellhorn 
Cook,  Co.  F,  3150  S.  Grand  St,  St. 
Louis,   Mo. 


Edwin  Xordcaard 
Pvt,    1st    cl,    Co.    F,    Spring   Grove, 
Minn.     (Taken  in  France.) 


126 


352d    Infantry 


Nicholas  Rouster,  Jr. 
Co.  F,  New  Albin,  la. 


Anthony  T.  Burg 
Co.  F,  Keldron,  S.  D. 


Martin  S.  Soderquist 
Co.  F,  Westby,  Mont. 


William  Bauer 
Sgt.,    Co.    G,    R.    2,    Long    Prairie, 
Minn.     (Taken  at  Nice.) 


Gust  Daschofsky 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  G,  Best,  Nebr. 


William  W.  Feldkamp 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.   G,    R.    1,   Bx.  68, 
Lincoln,    Kans. 


Philip  Fey 
Co.   G,   Oelrichs,   S.   D.      (Taken   at 
Ribeaucourt.) 


Hans  Nelson 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.   G,   R.   4,   Bx.   58, 
Northfield,   Minn. 


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Clarence  N.  Vick 
Co.  G,  (No.  3  in  F.  R.)    Decorah,  la. 


3S2d    Infantry 


127 


Victor  W.  Danforth 
Sgt.,    4th    Platoon,    Co.    H,   402   7th 
Ave.  So.,  St.  Cloud,  Minn.  (Taken 
in   France.) 


Lloyd  S.  Beltz 
Corp.,    4th     Sq.,    2nd     PI.,    Co.    H, 
Arnold,  Nebr.   (Taken  in  France.) 


Andreas  Jacobsen 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    Co.    H,    R.    3,    Cedar 
Fall,  la. 


Nils  J.  Johnson 
Co.  H,  R.  2,  Lansing,  la. 


Ben  J.  Trenkamp 
Co.  H,  Worthington,  la.     (Taken  in 
France.) 


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Chas.  F.  Taube 
Sgt.,    Co.    I,    3712    S.    Jefferson    St., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Thomas  Thorson 
Sgt.,  Co.  I,  Hoffman,  Minn. 


William  Brandt 
Corp.,  Co.  I,  Postville,  la. 


W.  a.  Craig 
Corp.,  Co.  I,  8th  Sq.,  Bottineau,  N.  D. 


128 


352d   Infantry 


Reynold  Lee  Rearick 
Corp.  at  3rd   Bn.   Hq.   during  period 
in   trenches.     Leavenworth,    Wash. 


John   A.  Zluticky 
Mech.,  Co.   I,   enlisted  Camp  Dodge, 
Sept.   21,    1917 ;     dis.,    Camp   Grant 
June   10,    1919.     Brushvale,   Minn. 


Howard  Rall 

Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  I,  4149  Peck  St.,  St. 

Louis,   Mo.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Dell  R.  Moffit 
Co.   I,  706  S.  4th   St.,   Perry,   la. 


Louis  Crowskin 
Co.    I,    Kenel,    S.     D.       (Taken     in 
France.) 


Francis  H.  Jones 
Co.  I,  Lime  Springs,  la.     (Taken  in 
France.) 


Hans  Johnson 
Sgt.,  Co.  I,  Lk.  Bx.  232,  Menno,  S. 
D.      (Received    Division    Citation. 
Picture  taken  in  France.) 


(  Ida   Branson 
Co.  I,  Byron,  Mo.  (Taken  in  France.) 


John  J.  Walstad 
Co.   I,   Claire  City,  S.  D. 


352d    Infantry 


129 


G.  B.  Elleson 
Corp.,    Co.    K,    Ossian,    la.      (Taken 
Apr.   24,    1919,   at   Hotel   St.    Bar- 
thelemy,  Nice.) 


Herman  A.  F.  Bellach 
Mech.,  Co.  K,  Waubay,  S.  D. 


Frank  E.  S.midt 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  K,  Gaza,  la. 


Aloys  H.  Freking 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.   K,   R.  6,   Le   Mars, 
la.  # 


iVl  ARKHAM 


Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.    K,    R.   3,    Soldier, 
Kans. 


Clement  V.  Singer 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  K,  Bx.  122,  Merrill, 

la. 


John  Federspiel 
Co.  K,  R..  1,  Raymond,  la.  • 


William  Edward  Colter 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  K,  Rose  Bud,   Mo. 


John  Costa nti no 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.    K,    Bx.   511,    Mul- 
berry,  Kans. 


130 


352n    Infantry 


Wm.  A.  Sai.tnes 
Co.  K,  Bisbee,  N.  D. 


Ernest  A.   Iverson 
Supply  Sgt..  Co.  L,  Hillsboro,  N.   D. 
( Taken   in   France. ) 


Mklvin  Brandt 
Corp.,   Co.  L,  4th   Sq.     Postville,    la. 


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Theoikire  Kostedt 
Corp.,  Co.  L,   1st  Sq.,   R.   12,   Bx.  34, 
Kirkwood,  Mo. 


John  Iverson 
Pvt.,     1st    cl.,     Co.     L,     Archer,     la. 
(Taken   in   France.) 


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Kmt  G.  Harstad 

Pvt.,   1st   cl.  Co.  L,   Reynolds,   X.   D, 


John   Suanherg 
Co.  L,  Rutland,  111. 


To.VEV    il.    KOHMETSCHEK 
Co.   L,    Lawrence,    Xelir. 


John  J.  Raits 
Co.  L,  2nd  Sq.,  Union,  Mo. 


352d    Infantry 


131 


Melvin   Loven 
Pvt.,  1st  CI.,  5th  Sq.,  2nd  PL,  Co.  L, 
R.  5,  VVaukon,  la. 


Oliver  Lokstad 
Co.   L,   1st    Sq.,   3rd    PI.,    Newfolden, 
Minn. 


John    C.  Lotsberg 
4th  Sq.,  4th  PI.,  Co.  L,  R.  5,  Bx.  16. 
Sisseton,  S.  D. 


Joseph  N.  Schlacel 
Supply    Sgt.,    Co.   M,    Fingal,    N.    D. 


Henry  C.  E.  Dahte 
Sgt.,  Co.  M,  2643  Sutton  Ave.,  Ma- 
plewcod.  Mo. 


Wm.  P.  McGrath 
Sgt.,   Co.   M,   R.  4,   Webster  Groves, 
Mo. 


Walter  F.  Kilss 
Corp.,  Co.  M,  First  was  a  runner  in 
3  i  Bn.  Liason  Co.,  then  Acting  1st 
Sgt. ;  Took  first  prize  as  best  run- 
ner in  Division.  (Picture  taken 
at  Bonnet).  2359  S.  Compton  Ave., 
St.  Louis.  Mo. 


WM  L.  Schneider  (right) 
Corp.,  1st  Sq.,  Co.  M,  3015  Bunt  St., 
Maplewood.     Mo.        ( With     Corp. 
Willfong;      longest     and     shortest 
X.  C.   O.'s  in  Co.  M.) 


June   Crowder 
Corp.,    Co.    M,     (tile    closer),    Botti- 
neau.  N.   D. 


132 


352d    Infantry 


Richard  C.  "Ddle 
Corp.,  Co.  M,  Bx.  49,  Montrose,  Mo. 
(Taken   in   France.) 


Standing,  left  to  right — Applegate,  Marsh,  Ogle,  Carlson,  Corp.  Eriek- 
son ;  John  F.  Possu,  Intell.  Sec,  3rd  Bn.,  Frederick,  S.  D.,  Cool;  Kneeling 
—Mcintosh,  Robert  O.  Watzek,  R.  1,  Hitchcock,  S.  D. ;  Schmidt,  John  F. 
Healey,  Pvt.  1st  cl.,  Intell.  Sec,  3rd  Bn.,  243  Cleveland  Ave.,  Dubuque,  la.; 
Corp.  Anton  Bartush,  Intell.  Sec,  3rd  Bn..  1329  Yale  PI.,  Mineapolis, 
Minn.;  Smith,  Hopkins;  Sitting — French  boys  of  Bonnet,  Alfred  R.  John- 
son. Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Intell.  Sec,  3rd  Bn..  Edinburg,  N.  D.,  R.  2;  Bulla  (now 
in  Russia),  Tejral,  Grams,  Corp.  Loeheck.  (Taken  in  front  of  Billet  No. 
12,   Bonnet,   France.) 


George  H.  Hudspeth 
Cook,  Co.  M,  Petersburg,  111. 


John  Fred  Poussu 
Intell.    PI.,    3rd    Bn.,    Co.    M,    Fred- 
erick, S.  D. 


Emil  Nelson 
Automatic  Rifleman,   1st   PL,   Co.   M, 
R.  4,  Bx.  58,  Frankfort,  Kans. 


Henry  E.  Ploe<;er 
1st    S<|.    (Automatic),   Co.   M,  Belle- 
vue,  la. 


Joseph  A.  Brignole 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.   M,    R.  5,   Webster 
Groves,  St.   Louis  Co.,   Mo. 


1  tuGO  A.  Jesse 

Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.   M,   R.  2,  Jcssup,  la. 


352d    Infantry 


133 


Emil  A.  Strandberg 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  M,  Bx.  471,  Minot, 
N.  D.     (Taken   in  France.) 


John  Olai  Johnson 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,   Co.   M,    R.   1,   Bx.   39, 
Sharon,  N.  D. 


Alfred  R.  Johnson 
Pvt.,    1st  cl.,   Co.   M,    R.   2,   Bx.   40, 
Edinlnirg,      N.      D.        (Taken      in 
France.) 


Lawrence  Robinson 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  M,  802  Bartlett  St., 
Waupaca,  Wis. 


Clarence  J.   Feemster 
3rd  Sq,  1st  PI.,  Co.  M,  R.  3,  Fulton, 
Kans. 


Olie  J.   Heimdahl 
Co.    M,   R.   5,    Bx.   61,    Devils   Lake, 

N.  D. 


Walter  E.  Christensen 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Sq.   5,   3rd   PL,   Co.   M, 
Orella,  Nehr. 


Frank  L.  Willfong 
Corp.,   Sq.    1,  4th   PL,  Co.  M..  Alta, 
la. 


Paul  J.   Staael 
Co.  M.,  Genesco,  N.  D. 


134 


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337th  M.  G.  Battalion 


Farris  E.  Amis 
Corp.,  Hq.   Co.  3rd  Sq.,  R.  4,  Line- 
viJe,    ia. 


i,    .o-.vr.n_da,  111. 


W'm.  C.  French 
Supply    Sgt.,    Co.   A,   R.   6,   Newton, 
Ia.     One  of   the   original   crowd — 
entered    by    draft     Sept.     5,     1917, 
mustered  out  June   11,   1919. 


James  A.  Pye 
Corp.,  Co.  A,  Kincaid,   Kans.     (Tak- 
en at  Gondrecourt.) 


James  H.  Parker 
2nd   Sq.,   Co.   A,   1512  Garfield   Ave., 
Kansas    C.ity,     Kans.       (Taken     in 
France. ) 


John  J.  Kupka 

Pvt..  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  Ft.  Atkinson,  Ia. 


GROVER    J.    1'AUSER 

Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  Fayette,  la. 


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135 


338th  M.  G.  Battalion 


George  W.  Pri chard 
1st  Lieut.,   Co.   D,   Attorney,   Onawa, 
la.      (Received  Division  Citation.) 


Orval  Wit.  Epmsson 

Corp.,  Hq.  Co.,  1st  Sq.,  408  S. 
ilton  St..   Xeosho,  Mo. 


Ham- 


J.  Donald  Wyman 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Hq.  Sq.,  Co.  A,  Harlan, 
Kans. 


James  O.  Butcher 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,.  1st   Sq.,   Co.   B,   403    S. 
Main   St.,  Austin,  Minn.     (  Taken 
in  France.) 


Joyce  \V.  Perry 
Corp.,  Co.  D.  Prin.  of  Schools, 
Ruthton,  Minn.  Had  his  squad  in 
first  line  trench  the  night  of  Oct. 
12,  1918,  at  Balschwiller,  Pvts. 
V.  O.  Smith,  Tucker,  Scott,  Mc- 
Naughtin  and  Brennan.  Sgt.  Dick 
was  with  them.  Rest  of  squad, 
Pvts.  Willet,  Tilletson,  B.  Jones 
and   Carrier  in  hospital. 


Robert  L.  Rule   ("Boh") 
5th   Sq.,   Co.  D,  Dow  City,   la. 


L.  H.  Schumann 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    West    Side,    la. 


136 


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339th  M.  G.  Battalion 


JORGEN     LOKKESVEN 

Med.   Detch.,   Bensen,   Minn. 


Lemuel  LeRoy  Huey 
2nd    Sq.,   2nd    PL,    Co.    A,    Delmont, 
S.  D. 


Amos  Oman  Yeates 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  A,  Elvins,  Mo. 


Gerrit  H.  Klein 
Co.  A,  Pella,  la.   (Taken  at  Cannes.) 


Thomas  F.  Foley 
Co.  A,  431  W.  56th  St.,  New  York, 
N.  Y.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Charles  S.  Pollock 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Hq.  Sq.,  Co.  B,  2143  X. 
3rd    St.,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 


Lyle  P.  Herbert 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  Perry,  Mich. 


Arthur  Halvorson 
Sgt.,     Co.    C,     ("Charter    member"), 
Sandstone,   Minn. 


Frank  B.  Schwack 
1st  Sq.,  Co.  C,  Bx.  123,  Royalton, 
Minn.  Inducted  Sept.  21,  1917, 
Minneapolis ;  trans.  Oct.  15  from 
Batt.  C,  337th  F.  A.  to  Camp  Q. 
M.,  Camp  Dodge.  Prom.  Sgt.  Q. 
M.  C,  Jan.,  1918.  Trans.  July  28 
at  own  request  to  Co.  C,  337th  M. 
G.  Bn.  as  Pvt.  Prom.  Corp.  Sept. 
12.  Hon.  Disch.  June  11,  1919. 
Reports  that  former  position  as 
Soo  Line  Chief   Clerk  was  denied. 


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137 


Henry  W.  Nickell 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  C,  Elkhart,  Kans. 


Ritcharu  Hanks 
Co.  C,  2nd  Sq.,  Rader,  Mo. 


John  H.  Campbell 
Co.  C,  R.  2,  Bx.  62,  Gilliam,  Mo. 


Herman  Buchholz 
Co.  C,  R.  3,  Bx.  42,  Alexandria,  S.  O. 


Cecil  T.  Davis 
Sgt.,  Co.  D,  242  E.  Condit  St.,   De- 
catur, 111. 


Leonard  M.  Sund 
Mech.,    Co.    D,    3833    16th    Ave    So., 
Minneapolis,     Minn.       (Taken     in 
France.) 


Andrew  Walter  Humphrey 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.    D,    Minnewaukon, 
N.  D. 


Rubert  C.  Westling 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,   Co.    D,   Olsburg,    Kans. 


Ludwig  M.  Olson 
Co.  D,  222  14th  St.,  Bismarck,  N.  D. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


138 


339th    M.   G.    Battalion 


Ralfh   M.  Eaton 
Pvt..    1st  cl.,   Grinnel,   Kans.      (Tak- 
en just  before  going  to  front.) 


313th  Engineer  Regt.  and  Train 


George  A.  Wightman 
1st   Lieut.,   Co.   C,  635   Summer   St., 
Kalamazoo,      Mich.        (Taken      in 
Marson,   Meuse.) 


Lee  O.  Marsh 

Color    Sgt,    Regtl.    N.    C.    O.    Staff, 

4C3  N.  Main  St.,  Louisiana,  Mo. 


Clyde  C.  Wells 
Corp.,    Hq.   Co..    with    Regtl.    Hq.    N. 
C.     O.     Staff,     Clearwater,     Nebr. 
(Taken   in    Xantes.) 


Henry   Martin    Fliehler 
Mus.,    3rd    cl.,    Hq.    Co.,    Strawberry 
Point,   la. 


Clarence  O.  Dahl 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    Hq.    Co.,    Hendricks, 
Minn. 


Lee  L.  Patrick 
Corp.,  Co.  A,  1016  S  8th  St.  Oska- 
loosa,  la. 


313th     Engineer    Regt.    and    Train 


139 


Clarence  and  John  E.  Jones  (left) 
Both  brothers  in  3rd  Sq.,  1st  PI., 
Co.  A,  until  Oct.  1918,  when  sent 
to  hospital  at  Hericourt  together. 
Clarence  recovered  sufficiently  to 
rejoin  Co.  A  Oct.  20  at  Elbach, 
Alsace  front.  He  then  learned 
that  his  brother  had  died  Oct  13. 
Address,  c/o  Central  Hotel,  Raw- 
Las,   Wyo. 


Robert  P.  Flagel 
Sgt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  B,  1050  S.  2nd  St. 
W.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  (Taken 
in  France.)  Sgt.  Flagel  was 'trans. 
Nov.  19,  1918,  to  3rd  Corps  School 
at  Clamecy  as  instructor  and 
sailed  July  13,  1919,  in  LeMans 
Casual  Co.  1803. 


Harry  L.  Stull 
5th     Sq.,    2nd     PI.,     Co.     A,     North 
McGregor,  la. 


William  J.  Casey 
5th    Sq.,   4th    PI.,    Co.    A,  276   Cleve- 
land Ave.,  Dubuque,  la. 


(''Bug")    William   B.  Fletcher 
Bugler,  Co.  B.   (right)   Cawker  City, 
Kans.   Corp.   Neissle   (left).    (Tak- 
en in  France.) 


Edwin  A.  Goltz 
Pvt..    1st   cl.,   Co.   B    (also   Hq.   Co.) 
Havana,  N.  D. 


Kenneth    R.   MacKinnon 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,   Co.  B,   1st  Sq.,  3rd   PI, 
Le  Mars,    la. 


Knut  N.  Sorbo 
Co.   B,    13th   Sq.,   3rd    PI.,    Emmons, 
Minn. 


George  H.  Green 
Bugler,  Co.  C,  R.  2,  Palmyra,  Wise. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


140 


313th    Engineer    Rect.    and   Train 


Ira  Jay  Doud 
Pvt,  1st  cl.,  Co.  C,  5th  Sq,  4th  PL, 
Coleridge,  Nebr. 


Albert  A.  Thoren 
Co.  C,  12th  Sq,   Nekoma,   N.   D. 


Wilson   L.   Ritchie 
Sgt.,  2nd  PL,  Co.  D,  12  E.  West  St., 
Georgetown,   111. 


Wallis  A.  Hoskins 
Sgt.,    Co.    D,    428    Washington    St., 
Hibbing,   Minn. 


Carl  W.  Gustafson 
Pvt,  1st  cl,  Sth   Sq,   1st  PI,   Co.  D, 
Cherokee,   la. 


Louis  Brody 
Pvt,   1st   cl,    Co.   D,   Donncllson,    la. 


James  R.  Hoi.man 
Pvt,  1st  cl,  Co.  D,  Fountain  Green, 
Utah. 


Harlen  L.  Miller 
Pvt,    1st    cl,    Co.    I),    IX    B£    161, 
Olin,  la. 


Frank  G.  Ludwig 
Corp,  Co.  E,  N.  State  St.,  Lockport, 
111. 


313th    Engineer    Regt.    and   Train 


141 


Julius  P.  Johnson 
Pvt.,  1st  cL,  Co.  E,  Mooreton,  N.  D. 


Orville  D.  Capps 
Pvt.,  1st  cL,  4th  Sq.,  4th  PL,  Co.  E, 
P.  O.  Bx.  84,   Menlo,  la.     (Taken 
in  France.) 


Harry  W.  Evertson 
Co.  E,  Lee  Summit,  Mo. 


B.  F.  Perrin 
Sgt,  Co.  F,  735  E.  Main  St.,  Belle- 
ville, 111. 


Geo.  H.  Lewis 
Corp.,   Co.  F,  R.  1,  Burdett,  Colo. 


Joseph  P.  Strack 
Pvt.,   1st  cl.,  Co.  F,  1st  Sq.,  1st  PI., 
58    McKinley    PI.    N.,    St.    Cloud, 
Minn.    (Taken   in   the   Alps.) 


Alfred  J.  Lemue 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    Co.   F,    18    Bryant    St., 
Littleton,      N.      H.       (Taken      in 
France.) 


Noah  W.  Meyer,  Jr. 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,    Co.    F,    R.    1,    Bx.   23, 
Farmington,      Mo.         (Taken      in 
France.) 


Julian  J.  Gagnepain 
Co.  F,  601  W.  St.  Joseph  St.,  Perry- 
ville,   Mo. 


142 


313th    F.vgineer    Kkgt.    and    Train 


Joseph  M.  Einrem 
Co.   F,   Springfield,   S.   D. 


Ralph  E.  Black 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  313th  Eng.  Train,  Scran- 
ton,  la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Carl  J.  Holden 
Wag.,    313th     Eng.     Train,     Bx.     57, 
Lowry,   Minn. 


H.  O.  Dirks 
313th  Eng.  Train,  R.  3,  Grundy  Cen- 
ter, la.     (Taken  in  France.) 


James  M.  Kroeger 
Pvt.,  1st  cl..  313th  Eng.,  1302  E  5th 
St.,  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D. 


313th  Train  Headquarters 


f 


Oscar  E.  Hall 
Captain,    313th    Train    Hq.,    Lincoln, 
Nebr,     (Taken  in   Paris.) 


Albert  Fennema 

I'.u.    Sgt. -Major,  Hq.     Detch,    313th 

Trains,      1412  Center      St.,      Des 
Moines.  la. 


313th    Sanitary    Train 


143 


313th  Sanitary  Train 


William  D.  Middleton 
Capt,   M.   C,   U.   S.  A.,  351st   Amb. 
Co.,    1309    Rupley    St.,    Davenport, 
la. 


LUCIAX    O.    HOLMAN 

Sgt.,    Camp    Infirmary    Detch.,     Hq. 
Co.,  629  Stockton  St.,  Flint,  Mich. 


Alba  E.  Brown 
Sgt.,  Camp  Infirmary,  206  S.  11th 
St.,  Lincoln,  Nebr.  As  under- 
taker, buried  350  of  88th  Div.  boys 
at  Hericourt,  then  went  to  Belfort, 
rejoining  his  command  at  Hevil- 
licrs  in  Dec.',  1918. 


Joseph  E.  Krers 
Sgt.,   Hq.   Detch.,   Liberal,   Mo. 


Emil  F<  Larson 
349th    Amb.    Co.,    Manfred,     X.     D. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


William   C.   Ronaldson 
Sgt.,    1st    cl.,    349th   Amb.    Co.,    1100 
Adams    St.,    Denver,   Colo.      (Tak- 
en in   Blois.) 


Tim  Casey  Kniffen 
349th    Amb.    Co.,    101    W.    Northern 
St.,   Pueblo,   Colo. 


William  L.  Dohemy 
349th    Amb.    Co.,    Minnewaukon,    X. 
D.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Robert  T.  Earwaker 
349th   Amb.   Co.",  63  Colorado   Blvd., 
Denver,  Colo. 


144 


313th    Sanitary   Train 


Frank  Perusek 
349th  Amb.„Co.,  5th   Sq.,  202  Sellers 
St.,  Hibbing,  Minn. 


Walter  W.  Pesch 
Corp.,  350th  Amb.  Co.,  3rd   Sq.,  3rd 
PL,    Maine     St.,     Mazeppa,    Minn. 
(Taken  in   Grenoble.) 


Erhard  Westman 
Pvt.,    1st    cl.,    350th    Amb.    Co.,    St. 
James,    Minn. 


William  Ernest  Kelley 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  350th  Amb.  Co.,  217  S. 
Harvey  Ave.,  Oak   Park,  111. 


Penhart  M.  Pengtila 
Wag.,  350th  Ami).  Co.,   118  11th  St. 
S.,  Cloquet,  Minn. 


Martinus  P.  Bollesen 
Pvt.,   1st   cl.,   350th   Ami).   Co.,    Dana 
College,  Blair,  Xebr. 


Luther  V.  Tarner 

350th   Co.,  Kisalcliie,    la. 


Felix  T.  Adams 
350th  Field   Hosp.   Co.,  513   E.   Main 
St.,  Danville,  Ky. 


W.  O'Keii.lv 
351st   Amb.  Co.,  733   Whherbee  St, 
Flint,    Mich.      (Taken    in    Coblenz, 
Germany,  May  4,   1919. ) 


313th    Sanitary   Train 


145 


John  McCamey 
Bugler,  351st  Field  Hosp.  Co.,  Adel, 
la.  This  bugle  boy  ran  away  to 
enlist  at  Camp  Dodge  and  is  still 
in  the  service,  now  at  Newport 
News,  Va. 


V.  L.  Bailey 
351st   Field    Hosp.   Co.,   Youngstown, 
Mo. 


Emil  L.  Hirsch 
Pvt.,    1st   cl.,   351st   Field   Hosp,  Co.,. 
McClusky,  N.  D. 


Albert  Lee  LaFollette 
Pvt,    1st   cl.,   352nd   Amb.   Co.,   1317 
S.  Walts  Ave,  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D. 


John  O.  Hlltgren 
352nd  Amb.    Co,   Brinsmade,    N.   D. 


Jerry  R.  Friedrichsen 
352nd    Field    Hosp.    Co,    2720    Cor- 
nelio   St.,   Sioux   City,   la. 


William   H.  Ruggi.es 
352nd  Field  Hosp.  Co,  Verona,  Mo. 


Ray  P.  Blackwood 
Wag,  352nd   Field   Hosp.   Co,   Far- 
nam,    Nebr. 


146 


313th   Supply  Train 


313th  Supply  Train 


William  W.   Harrington 
1-st  Lieut.,  Dental  Corps,  Viola,  Wis. 


Ernest  L.  Kinsman         »- 
Pvt,  1st  cl.,  Co.  A,  Mobridge,  S.  D. 


William  W.  Barclay 
Corp.,    Co.    C,   620    Hammond   Ave., 
Waterloo,  la. 


Ralph  A.  Henderson 
Corp.,  Co.  D,   1st   Sq.,  4420  3d   Ave., 
Sioux   City,   la. 


Geo.    M.   Hart 
Corp.,    Co.    F,    Moose    Lake,    Minn. 
(Taken  in  France.) 


V 


George  W.  Mark 
Corp.,  8th  Sq.,  Co.  F,  Elbe,  Wash. 


313th  Field  Signal  Battalion 


E.  H.  Humble 
1st  Lieut.,  Co.  C,  312  16th  St.,  Pacific 
Grove,  Calif.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Ray  B.  Owen 
Pvt.,    1st    cl..    Co.    A,   509   Monterey 
Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 


Ben  J.  Gilborne 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  A,  Bx.  354,  Winne- 
bago,   Minn.      (Taken    in    France, 
Sept.  30,  1918.) 


313th   Field  Signal  Battalion 


147 


Edwin  F.  Rathke 
Corp.,  Co.  C,  3d  Sq.,  2C6  X.  Dewey 
St.,  Owasso,  Mich. 


\ "an   K.  Russell 
Corp.,  Co.  C,  Eyota,  Minn. 


Harry  A.   Harvey 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Sec.  2.  Co.  C,  Adel,  la. 


Fred  Miller 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  C,  4th  Sq ,  Frcdonia, 

N.   D. 


Aylor  X.  C  Nelson 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  4th  Sec.  Co.  C,  Bx.  362, 
Adair,   [a. 


Louis  A.  Berger 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  C,  6th  Sq.,  Klossner, 
Minn.     (Taken  in  France.) 


Alfort  I.  Glassman 
Pvt.,  1st  cl.,  Co.  C,  7th  Sq.,  P.  O.  Bx. 
403,  Greenville,  Texas. 


Garlan  X.  Black 
Pvt..   1st  cl.,  Co.  C,  Neponset,  111. 


148 


Index  To  Pictures 


List  of  Photographs 


Adams,  Felix  T. 
Alick,   Joseph, 
Alter,  Dawn  D. 
Amis,   Corp.   Farris  E. 
Anderson,  Corp.  Ludwig  B. 
Anderson,   Earl   G. 
Anderson,    Walter    W. 
Andrews,  Capt.   Floyd  M. 
Ardal,   Ragnvald 
Asche,  John  F. 
Anthony,   Capt.   Walter   E. 
Ball,  Carl  V. 
Ballinger,    Lt.    Earl    A. 
Bailey,  V.  L. 

Barclay,   Corp.   William  W. 
Bartush,   Corp.  Anton 
Becker,    Frank 
Beltz,    Corp.    Lloyd    S. 
Bellach,    Herman   A.    F. 
Benson,   Alex   A. 
Bauer,  Sgt.  William 
Berger,  Louis  A. 
Bibb,  Capt.  Eugene  S. 
Billingsley,  Milo  W. 
Birchmier,  Anthony  J. 
Black,    Garlan   N. 
Blackwood,  Ray  P. 
Black,   Ralph  E. 
Boland,  Philip  J. 
Bolleson,  Martinus  P. 
Bond,  Cleo  A. 
Bainbridge,  Lt.  A.  G.,  Jr. 
Borden,   Maj.   Frank   R. 
Bowen,  Floyd  P. 
Bowen,   Everett 
Brandt,  Corp.  Melvin 
Brandt,  Corp.  William 
Branson,   Oda 
Briggs,  Capt.  Charles  W. 
Brignole,  Joseph   A. 
Brodt,  Chester 
Brody,   Louis 
Brown,   Sgt.   Alba    E. 
Brundeen,  Victor 
Buchholz,  Herman 
Burg,   Anthony   T. 
Burgland,  Carl  A. 
Burfening,   Corp.   R.   P. 
Bumann,  Ernest  E. 
Bunner,   Bryan 
Burchett,  Ervin  B. 
Bush,  Corp.  William  C. 
Butcher,  James   O; 
Campbell,   John   H. 
Campbell,   Byron  J. 
Cancer,  William  C. 
Capps,  Orville  D. 
Carlson,  Lt.  Clarence  V. 


Carlson,   Emil 

Carr,  Corp.  Roy  P. 

Casey,  William  J. 

Chambers,  Earl  T. 

Christensen,  Walter  E. 

Christensen,   Arthur   C 

Christofferson,  John  L. 

Clark,   Rev.   Earl   B.,   Chaplain-Lt. 

Clark,  Victor  V. 

Clark,  Leo  Edgar 

Clinch,  James  C. 

Clyde,  Milton  E. 

Cober,  Corp.  Earl  J. 

Cobb,  George  E. 

Cogburn,  Sgt.  Earl  W. 

Colter,   William   Edward 

Constantino,  John 

Coulthard,  Sgt.  Clyde  H. 

Craig,  Corp.  W.  B. 

Craig,  Lt.  J.  M. 

Cramolini,  Sgt.  Carl 

Crawskin,  Louis 

Croisettier,   Cyrille 

Crowder,  Corp.  June 

Cutsinger,  J.  E. 

Dahl,  Clarence  O. 

Dahleen,  Lt.  Harry  W. 

Dahte,   Sgt.    Henry  C. 

Danforth,  Sgt.  Victor  W. 

Darlington,  Corp.  George  M. 

Davis,  Sgt.  Cecil  T. 

Daschofsky,  Gust 

Dickinson,  Maj.  Bertram  G.. 

Dickson,  Sgt.  William  H. 

Diercks,   Corp.  Fred  J. 

Dirks,  H.  O. 

Doud,   Ira  J. 

Donnelly,   Corp.   Francis 

Dorothy,  Lt.  Morton  F. 

Doheny,    William    L. 

Drake,   Capt.  Alva    M. 

Dreisbach,  Lt.  Col.  Clyde. F. 

Dzuris,    John,    Jr. 

Eads,  Chester  G. 

Eaton,  Ralph  M. 

Earwaker,  Robert  J. 

Edwards,  Cecil  Guy 

Eeten,  Henry 

Ehlke,  Corp.  Wm.  E.  R. 

Einrem,  Joseph  M. 
Eitzen,   George   P. 

Ekstrom,    Walter    Elvin 

Ekholm,  G.  W.  _____ 

Elleson,  Corp.  G.   B. 

Elder,   Sgt.    Edward   Monroe 

Engler,  Charles  W. 

Epperson,   Orval   William 

Erickson,  Eric 


Evertson,  Harry  W. 
Engel,  John 
Faber,  Nick 
Federspiel,   John 
Feemster,  Clarence  J. 
Feldkamp,  William  W. 
Fauser,  Grover  J. 
Ferguson,  Alvie 
Fennema,   Sgt.   Maj.   Albert 
Fey,  Philip 

Firch,   Corp.   Charley   A. 
Firdman,  Nathan 
Fischer,  Corp.  Nicholas 
Flagel,  Sgt.  Robert  P. 
Fleak,  Charles,  T. 
Flesher,  Jesse  L. 
Fletcher,  William  B. 
Eliehler,  Henry  Martin 
Foley,   Thomas   F. 
Foster,  Thomas  E. 
Foubert,   J.    W. 
Fox,  Roy  L. 
French,  Sgt.  William  C. 
Frederick,  Corp.  William  Ray 
Freking,   Aloys   H. 
Friedbauer,    Tosso    H. 
Friederichsen,  Jerry  R. 
Gagnepain,  Julian  J. 
George,  Homer  B. 
German,  Lonie  Lee 
Gerding,  Oscar  F. 
Gilbertson,    George    H. 
Gilborne,    Ben    J. 
Glassman,    Alfort 
Goettelmann,  Corp.  John  J. 
Goff,  Wayne  S. 
Goltz,    Edwin   A. 
Goodwin,  Sgt.  Leo 
Goslar,   Otto   D. 
Grace,  William   F. 
Grabill,  William   S. 
Graves,  Corp.  "Pete"  F. 
Green,  George  H. 
Greene,  O.   A. 
Gunther,  Sgt.  Joseph 
Gurley,   Capt.  George 
Gustafson,    Carl   W. 
Gustaveson,  Carl  E. 
Hagen,   Oscar  N. 
Haglund,  Olaf  C. 
Hall,  Capt.  Oscar  E. 
Halvorson,    Sgt.    Arthur 
Hamarback,   Sgt.  Walter  A. 
Hamilton,   Wilbert   G. 
Hanes,  Ritchard 
Hainke,  Guy  B. 
Harrington,  Lt.  Wm.  W. 
Harris,  Sgt.  Virgil  G. 


Index  To  Pictures 


149 


Harrison,  Cloice  O. 

Harstad,  Knut  G. 

Hart,  Corp.  George  M. 

Harvey,  Harry  A. 

Hassett,  William  L. 

Hatwan,  Joseph 

Haug,  Johannes  P. 

Hauck,  Corp.  Russell  H. 

Healey,  John  F. 

Heinz,  Joe  J. 

Henrichsen,  Charles 

Henderson,  Corp.  Ralph  A. 

Heimdahl,   Ole   J. 

Hendricks,  Daniel  E. 

Herbert,  Lyle  P. 

Hcyer,  William  H. 

Hicks,  Zehnder 

Higgins,  Lt.  Clarence  J.  (Chaplain) 

Himes,  Lt.  John  C. 

Hinrichs,  Fred  B. 

Hirsch,  Emil  L. 

Holden,  Carl  J. 

Hodgson,  Walter  Scott,  Jr. 

Holman,  James  R. 

Holman,  Sgt.  Lucian  O. 

Hopkins,  Harvey 

Hoff,  Joseph 

Hoff,  Sgt.  Eugene  V. 

Hoskins,  Sgt.  Wallis  A. 

Hoskins,  Clarence  J. 

Howard,  Lloyd  L. 

Hoyt,  Louis  K. 

Huck,  Charles  J. 

Hudson,  Capt.  Donald  K. 

Hudspeth,   George   H. 

Huey,  Lemuel  LeRoy 

Hultgren,  John  O. 

Humble,  Lt.  E.  H. 

Humphrey,  Andrew  Walter 

Hurtt,  Roy  A. 

Hollan,  Edwin 

Iekel,  Sgt.  George  C. 

Imel,  Carl  L. 

Irelan,  Charles  O. 

Irwin,  Milo  C. 

Iverson,    Sgt.    Ernest   A. 

Iverson,  John 

Isaac,  John  A. 

Jacobsen,  Andreas 

Jacobson,   Martin  A. 

Jenks,  Chauncie  Otis 

Jesse,  Hugo  A. 

Jilka,  Adolph 

Johnson,  John  F. 

Johnson,  Hartwick 

Johnson,  Edward  I. 

Johnson,  Sgt.  Elmer  G. 

Johnson,  Leo  Clarence 

Johnson,  Alfred  R. 

Johnson,  Sigurd  L. 

Johnson,  Sgt.  Hans 

Johnson,  Nils  J. 

Johnson,  Julius  P. 

Johnson,  Carl  E. 

Johnson,  John  Olai 


Johnston,  Arthur  G. 
Jones,  John  E. 
Jones,  Clarence 
Jones,  Francis  H. 
Jones,  Roy  N. 
Kachadurian,  Krekov 
Kade,  Corp.  Charles  A. 
Kaiser,  Walter  W. 
Kanstrup,   Sgt.    Sophus 
Kasner,  Anthony  G. 
Kearins,  Patrick  Harvey,  Jr. 
Kersting,   Charles   S. 
Kelley,  William  Ernest 
Kiess,  Corp.  Walter  F. 
Kilgore,  Frank 
Kinsman,  Ernest  L. 
Klein,  Gerrit  H. 
Klimaschesky,  Alfred  G. 
Kniffen,  Tim  Casey 
Knoche,  Edward 
Kopervik,  Johannes  J. 
Kohmetscher,  Toney  B. 
Kostedt,  Corp.  Theodore 
Krebs,  Sgt.  Joseph  E. 
Kroeger,  James  M. 
Kupka,  John  J. 
Kuhlman,  Arthur  H. 
Kuhn,  Elmer  R. 
Kussman,  Roman  R. 
LaFollette,  Albert  Lee 
Landberg,  Martin  E. 
Lange,  Corp.  Max  H. 
Larson,  Capt.  Edgar  J.  D. 
Larson,  Emil  F. 
Larson,  Sgt.  John  H. 
Layman,  Fred  C. 
Lee,  John  B. 
Leeman,  Alfred  Lewis 
Leseth,  Peter  O. 
Lemve,  Alfred  J. 
Lewis,  Corp.  George  H. 
Levorson,  M.  R. 
Light,  Herbert  O. 
Lindholm,  David 
Lokkesven,  Jorgen 
Lokstad,  Oliver 
Lotsberg,  John  C. 
Loven,   Melvin 
Lovsin,  Edward 
Lowry,  Garth  M. 
Ludwig,  Corp.  Frank  G. 
Lung,  Frank  Y. 
Lundberg,  Carl  David 
Lynch,  Sgt.  William  F. 
Lyman,  Capt.  C.  Arthur 
Macedo,   Ermand   E. 
Mackinnon,  Kenneth  R. 
Madsen,  Alfred 
Magnus,   Adolph 
Mahler,  Milton  H. 
Makemson,  Charles  R. 
Malloy,   LeRoy  E. 
Mantey,    Corp.   A.    E. 
Marek,  Victor  T. 
Markham,  Robert  S. 


Marsh,  Color  Sgt.  Lee  O. 

Martin,   Wilbur   D. 

Martin,   Berkley  M. 

McCamey,  John  F. 

McCaughey,   Charles   R. 

McColley,  Henry  O. 

McKettrick,    John    B. 

McGrath,   Sgt.   William  P. 

McGhee,   William   Walter 

Mears,  Maj.  E.  C. 

Meginnis,  Clyde  W. 

Merriman,    Sgt.   W.   N. 

Meyer,   Noah   W. 

Middleton,    Capt.   William    D. 

Miller,  Clyde  H. 

Miller,  Fred 

Miller,  George   F. 

Miller,  Harlen  L. 

Mills,  Edw.  H. 

Mintrup,   Louis  J. 

Moehlmann,  George  R. 

Moffit,  Dell  R. 

Moisant,  Henry  P. 

Morris,   Tommie  T. 

Mousel,   J.   V. 

Nelson,  Aylor  N.  C. 

Nelson,   Corp.   E.   W. 

Nelson,   Emil 

Nelson,  Iver 

Nelson,   Hans 

Nelson,  Elmer 

Neumann,   Frank   F. 

Newquist,  Francis  E. 

Nickell,  Henry  W. 

Nordgaard,    Edwin 

Novak,  John . 

Odle,  Corp.  Richard  C. 

Oftedahl,  Bert  M. 

Opstevedt,    Henry   S. 

Olson,  Arthur  S. 

Olson,    John 

Olson,   Ludwig   M. 

O'Reilly,  Jack   W. 

Osborn,    Roy 

Owen,  Lt.  David  S. 

Owen,    Ray    B. 

Pace,  Fred  R. 

Palen,   Corp.   Roman  J. 

Parks,   George   C. 

Parker,   James   H. 

Patrick,  Corp.  Lee  L. 

Pearson,    Joseph    Emanuel 

Perrin,  Sgt.  B.  F. 

Perry,  Dave 

Perry,    Corp.   Joyce   W. 

Pengtila,  Penhart  M. 

Peterson,  Arthur  W. 

Peters,   Joseph   John 

Pesch,  Walter  W. 

Perusek,   Frank 

Plaeger,  Henry  E. 

Plagens,  H.  H. 

Piatt,   Howard   H. 

Polk,   Maj.  Harry  H. 

Pollock,   Charles   S. 


150 


Index  To  Pictures 


Potter,  Capt.  Arthur  C. 
Poiisser,  John  Fred 
Prichard,  Lt.  George  W. 
Pricgnitz,   Corp.  Herman 
Pries,    Sgt.    Harvey   L. 
Proeschold,  Corp.  Walter  O. 
Prouty,  Devillo  O. 
Pye,  Corp.  James  A. 
Quinn,   Sgt.   Henry  H. 
Rail,   Howard 
Rapps,  John  J. 
Rasmussen,    Richard 
Rasmussen,   Henry  A. 
Razook,    Sam   A. 
Rearick,  Corp.  Reynold  Lee 
Reil,   John    D. 
Remington,  Porter  B. 
Reno,   Oliver  E. 
Richards,   Lt.   J.    B. 
Richie,   Sgt.  Wilson  L.  • 
Rickers,  Harry 
Riley,  Forest  R. 
Ritter,   Clell 
Roberts,    John    W. 
Robinson,  Lawrence 
Roe,   Ludwig   I. 
Roland,  Sgt.  G.  A 
Rohrer,  Howard  F. 
Ronaldson,   Sgt.  Wm.  C. 
Ronning,  Joseph 
Ross,  Archie 
Ross,  Paul  W. 
Rouster,    Nicholas,   Jr. 
Roysland,  Sgt.  H.  G. 
Rudolph,  Sgt.  Arthur  J. 
Ruggles,  William  H. 
Rule,   Robert   L.    (Bob) 
Rutherford,   Corp.   Henry   C. 
Russ,  Maj.  G.  H.  Jr. 
Russell,   Cecil   Percy 
Russell,  Corp.  Van   K. 
Safford,  Capt.  Orren  E. 
Saltnes,   Wm.   A. 
Sanders,  Martin  W. 
Sansom,    Alfred    X. 
Schaeffer,  Sgt.  Verne 
Scheller,   Rudolph  F. 
Schlagel,   Sgt.   Joseph   X. 
Schmidt,  Lt.  August  C. 
Scholtes,   Albert 
Schneider,  Corp.  William  L. 
Schultz,  Corp.  Jens  X. 


Schultz,  Paul  J. 
Schupanitz,  H.  J. 
Shaurer,  John 
Schumann,   L.    H. 
Scbwack,  Corp.  Frank    B. 
Seaman,    Henry 
Searle,  Corp.  C.  J. 
Severson,    Frank   John 
Shafer,    Chelsea 
Sherman,  Thomas  T. 
Shrum,  Lt.  Winfield  O. 
Simmons,  Sgt,.  M.  H. 
Simonson,  Fred  C. 
Singer,   Clement  V. 
Skidmore,   George  A. 
Sloan,  Corp.  Marion  F. 
Sloan,    Corp.   W.    Orrin 
Sloan,  William  R. 
Smidt,    Frank    E. 
Smith,  Michael 
Smith,    Isaac   G. 
Snell,   Murray  W. 
Soderqvist,  Martin  S. 
Sorbo,  Knut  N. 
Sours,    Roy   S. 

Spain,  Lt.   F.  J.    (Doctor) 

Staael,  Paul  J. 

Stangeland,   Nels   Oscar 

Stanton,   Ralph  D. 

Starkweather,    Charles   L. 

Stellhorn,  A.  F. 

Steckdaub,  Corp.  Dan  G. 

Steinbach,   Sgt.  William   P. 

Stoddard,   Corp.   James   F. 

Stoneking,    Roy 

Strack,   Joseph    A. 

Strand,   Russell 

Strandberg,  Emil  A. 

St  ruble.  Joseph  L. 

Stall,   Harry  L. 

Sturies,  Martin 

Sund,   Leonard   M. 

Swambcrg,  John 

Swedzinski,    Frank 

Tatman,  Corp.  Earl  R. 

Tarver,    Luther    V. 

Taube,   Sgt.  Charles   F. 

Thielman,  Eric  A. 

Thomas,    Corp.    Erwin   B. 

Thoren,  Albert  A. 

Tborson,    Sgt.    Thomas 

Tray,  Corp.  John  B. 


Trenkamp,   Ben  J. 
Treimer,   John 
Tripp,  Capt.   Everett  G. 
Truex,  W.  L. 
Truitt,    Corp.    Cyrus    R. 
Tumbleson,  Harry  A. 
Tuttle,    E.   F. 
Two   Bear,  Joseph 
Vaughan,  Capt.  Albert  D. 
Veatch,  Glenn  V. 
Velcheck,    Frederick    R. 
Verville,   Charles   E. 
Vestal,    Col.    Samuel    C 
Vick,  Clarence  N. 
Von    Deule,   August 
Von  Hagel,  John 
Wagner,  Corp.  J.  P. 
Walker,   Glenn    E. 
Wallace,  Corp.  Ralph  V. 
Wallach,   Corp.    Stanislav 
Wallis,   Sgt.  Gailc   F. 
Walstad,  John  J. 
Ward,   Corp.   James   Herman 
Wasson,   Capt.   Minor  F. 
Watkins,  Ernest  R. 
Watzek,    Robert    O. 
Webb,   Corp.   Dan   W. 
Webber,  Corp.  John 
Webster,   Perle  L. 
Wells,   Corp.   Clyde   C. 
Wendt,  John  F. 
Westman,  Erhard 
Westbay,   Sgt.   J.   H. 
Westling,   Rubert  C. 
Weyerts,    A.    J. 
Will  long,  Corp.  Frank  L. 
Williamson,    Edward 
Wilkenning,  Paul 
Wilnerd,    Corp.    Stuart 
Wimer,  W.  J. 
Whitworth,  John 
Whitlow,  Elliott 
Workman,  Corp.  Glenn   M. 
Wohlwend,  Albert 
Wrightman,  Lt.  George  A. 
Wurst,   Ted 
Wyland,  J.  Donald 
Yeates,  Amos  Orian 
Yttrevold,    Arthur    E. 
Zea,   Corp.  Orrin   E. 
Zluticky,  John  A. 


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Facsimile  Copies  of  Armistice  Editions  of  U.  S.  Newspapers 

and  88th  Division  Publications 


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VOL.  LXV.— NO.  315. 

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GERMANY  SURRENDERS,  SIGNS  PEACE  TERMS; 
WORLD  WAR  FIGHTING  ENDS  AT  5  A.  M.  TODAY 
ALL  CONDITIONS  OF  THE  ALLIES  ARE  ACCEPTED 


MmKMSIEGIH 
LORRAINE  tm 


Wwtrd  on  72-mnt  Front — 
FrancA  CwMrml  Entora  Sadvi. 


urn  roKU  aurao*       1 1  "'J5£j2I—i 
surruB  n  Dootsa  I  •—.->——-»■ 


HISTORY'S  MOST  POTENT  DAY 

IS  FATEFUL  ONE  FOR  DESPOTS 


•  I***)    a.*l.«,    » 


•   ".»-.»•  *  eWHIle*   O.i- 


REBELS' RULE  NOT  WASHINGTON  ANNOUNCES  CESSATION  OF  HOSTILITIES; 
TO  IMPAIR  REPLY  F0E  AGREES  TO  DRASTIC  PACT;  TELL  FOCH  AT  MIDNIGHT 

HUNS  IN  REVOLT 


T 


-KAISER  IN  FLIGHT,    w»n*jfcWb«*w* 

and  thii  morning  at  6  o'clock  Waabington  time. 


Tin  extusioh  hat 

BE  GJtAKTTD  OH  T.UCI 


134  INJURED  HERE  REJOICEJR  KIN 

Firat  D«ttchm«nt  of  Matt  Suf  St.  Paul  CWmk*  of  Gatinaji 
fpring  From  BaTtta  I'juoaa  Da*,  cant  Elatad  Ov»j  Ro*oK 
Riuhm    8f>rfWif   Hoat»rl»l.  a--*)  Fall  of  Awtocrscy. 


Format  Hun  Royal  Party  J*i-r- 
r«y«  to  Outch  BortJa*  «  Eya- 
an  in  Tan  Afmad  Automobftaa. 


11  o'clock  Paris  time 

The  armi-it.en  was  signisd  by  the  G«rman  rap 


FUKS  WELL  PRETaJIED 

FOR  urESMfS  FUCKT  resentatiTes  at  midnight 


This  annoasc«m«nt  wu  made  by  the  State 
department  at  2:50  o'clock  this  morning. 

The  department's  announcement  simply 
said:    "The  armistice  has  been  signed." 

The  announcement  was  made  verbally  by  an 


Emprrar  William  tad  the 
t^nrum  Pntjoa  af  Ormvxj  haaa 

inl-n  refute  ■□  Holland  after  a 
night    flight   from   the   Teulonio 

The  falabluhmtol  of  lit  ao- 
eillad  fcxAople'a  government  t* 
eoa.pl*  Lf  and  the  former  Kaiaf*.  J 

b»    »>■  l.C*ti<W    d 

,.d., "IS"  """'"i  official  of  the  Bute  department  in  this  form: 

la   *aa  aeeompaai-'d  by   air- 1  .  .  -       — .     

ii,  th^nur,  Q^rmar,  a.r.rr.1 1        "The  armistice  has    been   signed.    It   was 

FWi   Marahal   aoo^H^d.abnr,  signed  at   5   O'clock   FU^tra^UdjM^tkt       Tbaj^  flZt 

will  cease  at  11  o'clock  this  morning,  Paris  time.' 


Garneon,  Mayor  and  Po*oa>  a* 
Caphavl  Mn  Haw  Cmwrnmarw 
haaefed  by  Frtadrich  Qart 

rEOPLE-S  COONCa  ALSO 

seizes  otwi  bc  crms 

Berlin  and  wiTtnallj  eea-T 
Urge  city  in  tha  Genua  empire 
b«cn  aeiaed  by  rabala  and 
Frtidneb  Ebert,  eiee  rrrasndenl  of 
the  Social  Pcmocratic  part;  ha* 
bean  installed  aa  cbaoeaUer 

Tba  opriiinw  a/hit-h  began  be- 
fore the  abdication  of  Emperor 
William  and  finca  that  liaee 
spread  like  wild  fin-  lo  every  por 


.iahed  in  many  plneae  only  af"' 
uch  bloodaktd. 

riaf  Orv  atiia* 


YANKS  IN  t,0«RAIN.E  OET 
VIUAOM  AND  WOODS. 

ta.  ■  ■■  ■■■- ' Eipoaura  Qua  to   Ptaaa   Fan*  wtm 

Will,  u*  *»•>'**  r™  -  •>  tkaj         eiaunad  by  Madloa    .In- 
Uxtaa  rw-t.  "a*  ia.-T».  (*»*«  epaa*»  in  Mid  CHy. 


"al-w.  i  aa  ■  W  arliawra  »^a  aa 

AMCRICAMfl   CONTINUE 
DRIVE  ALONC  MEuaC. 


UMT.    au..»- 

a  n.'    Mr    *■■■■ 


7o«  JCkT/*  £i"W/«  CM  as  Driver 

trie*  tp  Avert  Crash  With  Aato 


Stx  Tau    ft-t    lata   Dadd    af  Oaaak.  0 

-■tW  Tarn  to  S»y  Bar  "»*Bf  rmfm 


IkH  fWaaal  •!  Mr  l"a*r.  WUI  -L.    ajp,    m*^,,!    ,».    aaBlll    a- 
I,"1       ,    o»»a*t     i*.»,     —a  l^aaaaaiay a  ryall>»  aWk.  aw 

lavrJ.1  ".•—*»•*  wK-i»«  "**"  rt^Ml  x~  i.  1  *•"  "-* 


'    •  -  ■-'--■  CMIMX  •■   rj»i   a   •■!!    H    a    |    


So  A.  H.  Washington  time  ia  6  A.  B  St. 

Paul  time. 

The  terms  of  the  armiatice,  it  waa  announced, 

»IU  not  be  made  public  until  later.  Military 
men  here,  bowerer.  regard  it  aa  certain  that  they 
include. 

Immediate  retirement  of  the  Oermas  mili- 
tary forcea  from  Prance.  Belgium  and  Alaace 
LorraiBa 

n^arming  and  demobiliaation  of  the  Ger 
man  armiea. 

Oooupauon  by  the  Allied  and  American 
forcaa  of  aucB  itrategic  pointa  U  Oermany  as  will 
make  impossible  a  renewal  of  hostilities. 

DaliTSry  of  part  of  the  Oerman  high  aaaa 
fleet  and  a  certain  number  of  submarines  to  the 
Allied  and  American  nayal  forcea. 

Disarmament  of  all  other  Oerman  warships 
under  supervision  of  the  Allied  and  American 
i&rles  which  will  guard  them. 

Oacupation  of  the  principal  Scnnan  naval 
basaaby  sea  forces  of  the  victorious  nations. 

Eeleaae  of  Allied  and  American  soldars, 
sailors  and  civilians  held  prisoners  in  Germany 
without  such  reciprocal  action  by  the  associated 
government*. 

TEEMS  8IONED  BT  WIBPXE88 

Toere  was  no  information  aa  to  the  circum 
stance*  under  -which  the  armistice  was  signed, 
but  since  the  Oerman  courier  did  not  reach  Oer-  « 


nd  th*  borrMUrtrr  aod  pfrftrl 


ikon  aossis  aAjnas; 
also  ugu  o»  Htiaum 


Tail  irli™»  O—T  »•  »•*"  «■ 


L'StirlJrS  man  military  headquarters  until  10  A.  M.  Sun-  fyjag^g-jr-.s^grS. 
r«'"-"~  "™J  ,!»,,  french  time,  it  was  generally  assumed  here  ~^SS^^2i?XsSi 

r  c  i-TlT^lvaav.  the  Oerman  envoys  within  the  Prench  lines  ~£*~: .  _j 

•JT-'m  173^11  Ibadbaen  instrurtexl  by  wireless  to  sign  tbeterma.lcr^S  'iSfirS-'-." 


Appendix 


153 


2%e  Wmnmtifilxs  €%mm&  tMftmti 


FUty-secoad  Year.    No.  ijo. 


'  Associated  frem*. 


MINNEAPOLIS,  MINN.,  MONDAY,  NOVEMBER  11,  1918  United  Pre*.. 


Price  Two  Cents  in  Miaaeapolia. 


World  War  at  End  as  Armistice  Terms 
MaKe  WrecR  of  Hohenzollern  Machine 


Radicals  Rule 
Germany  as 
Kaiser  Flees 

Fourteen     of      26     Teuton 

States  Raise  Red  Flag 

of  Revolution. 


War  Bulletins 


Germany  Licked! 
Kaiser  Canned!  , 
War  Over! 


Recruiting  Suspended 
by  British  Government 


II.— Th*    Hrilieh    gov 


Former  Imperial  Family  of 

Prussia  Seeks  Safety 

in  Holland. 


Former  War  Lord 
First  to  Desert 


Reichstag  In  Jependents  am} 

Socialists  Reported  as 

Planning  Republic. 


A^iflerdan..  Siuidiy.  Nov.  10.— (8 
p.  m.)— William  Hohenbollern,  Uie 
fcrniei  German  emperor,  bis  tldeat 
toe.  and  Field  Marshal  vod  Hen 
twllf.  It  1*  learned  from  a  tolla- 
ble source,  air  in  3  railway  train 
test  tbe  itation  of  Eysten  awaiting 
Ibe  decision  of  tlie  Dutrb  goseni 
merit     The  blinda  on  tbe  train  are 


cut  tbe  empire.  11,1  a  German  wire- 
icta  d. -fitch  (rc:n  Berlin.  Soldiers 
and  workers'  councils  ui  being  es- 
tablished everywhere.  '  111  general 
the  (tint*  of  govemurent.  the  mta- 
sage  add*,  baa  occurred  without  ap- 
preciable disturbance  of  economic 
i  ruer  or  of  blood  anad. 

(Sg    «•■■■■■.!-, I    P«ll.l    ' 

London,  >ov.  11. — Gcruaay  lodjy  ii 
■4*aJMri.ci*  an  J  kinglets.  All  reports 
teedcJ  to  alio*  thai  in  aJdiiion  t< 
emperor,  all  the  kings,  prince*,  grand 
duke*  aril  other  royalty  of  tb*  empi 
had  renounced  their  "divine  right" 
ij  rule  o\er  a  people  which  nlrrady 
bad  *'>rog*tcd  that  rifht  by  revolution. 

William  Jlot.rnrollern.  the  former 
k  titer,  whose  wife  and  ion.  the  fe 
.ruwn  print/,  were  believed  lo 
reached  tlie  cattle  ot  Couut  vo*  Ben- 
tinck  near  I'lreeht.  With  tbcm  wrrc 
•aid  To  be  Field  Manual  von  Itindco- 
t ni|  and  a  auite  of  10. 

Germany  wat  Hill  dominated  by 
the  revolutionieeti.  but  report*  indicat- 
ed that  the  Socialist!  were  rapidlv  u- 
aumiag  i-outrol  of  the  governmental 
t unctioas.    Fourteen    out    it    t6   dates 


'   hav< 


i  A* 


Focialillt.    following  the  raising  of  the 
red   das  at  Kiel.    The  12  amalt  ttitc*, 

*  jieb  apparently  lie  not  affected,  eta- 
Ki  hope  to  May  the  triumphal  progress 

«t  (ho  Socialists,  it  ii  hrlieiveJ. 
BwpubUc    Being  r**or*d. 
Alreaedy  the   Reichstag  indepeodent: 

•  ti.l  (be  Soeinliil*  are  planning  eoopor- 
Iting   iu   formalion  of  a  (table   gi 
r*ML     With  icpubli 


fceblcswig- Hoist  e  in,    lhe    o 

Ear  to  be  drifting  lowar 
I   Germany. 

The    btfgesl    figure    in   i 
Ttf^etkk    Ktort,   rWislin 


Han 


i,.-e     Ma-vimi 
.elf  :,ppni»t* 


William  Hohenzollern  Must 

Be  Brought  to  Justice, 

Says  Mason. 


By  J.  W.  T.   Meson. 

I  York,  Nov.  11  —  Wilbtlrr. 


IlohcD 

be  tint 


The  day  or  the 
running  »way  from 
ilently  seeking  aty- 

!6,000,0e»  dead  and 


riw* 


Hoheo  toller  i 
for  the  Uev; 

action,     ilia 


■oo.l,  William 
i  personally  reiponaiblr 
lion  that  hai  made  Ku- 
an J  ao  nearly   subject 


Vlli/. 


general  and  a«  to  'irrmany  in  par- 
jlar  '  n  been  that  he  own  no  ia> 
inling    tu    any    ont    but    the    German 

rust  Beepotwlbillty  to  Peuple 
le  f.-miiu!   be  allowed  to  po  into  re 
pie, 


Downtown  Minneapolis  Will        MiflllBdpOliS 
Be  Great  White  Way  Tonight    D|ir^**%    Inf-A 

Riot  of  Joy 

City  Celebrates  the  Victory 

Over  Autocracy  in  a 

Cyclone  of  Noise. 


MOWN-TOWN  Minneapolis  will  be  one  "great  white. way'*  to- 
night  for  the  first  time  for  more  thin  *  year,  in- celebration 
of  the  victory  of  the  Yanks  and  Allies  against  the  Huns.  Fuel 
.Administrator  Garfield  today  lifted  the  "lightlesa  night"  order  in 
every  city  in  the  United  States.  An  extra  force  of  men  has  been 
secured  by  the  city  in  an  effort  to  go  as  far  as  possible  in  the 
illuminating.  , 


Overtime  and  Sunday 
Shipyard  Work  Halted 


No* 


II.— Or.lc 


Wnahingtoi 
ping  all  overtime  and  Sunday 
irn  rrumcni  ->][  tofltriett  were  author- 
ized  todav  after'a  tonferenee  of  Seer*. 
Yarie*  Baker  and  Daniel*  and  Chairman 
Ilurlev  of  the  *bip;>ing  board. 

With  3S0,0o0  men  now  at  work  In 
the  ihipyaide,  tho  government  eould 
uae  at  lea-t  1M.000  more  to  carry  in 
it*  giant  tuipbuilrnng  program,  Chair- 
man  Hurley  of  the  (kipping  board  de- 
clared today. 


City's  Awakening 
Like  Paris  Raid 

People  Leap  From  Beds  at 
Sounding  of  Siren — Bom- 
bardment Follows. 


iriv    i- 


By    Jack    BetnlngUn. 

nng  of  . 
•wafjtj  ■ 


r  bet 


ity  it  trat  to  bin  fellow  rrreti  •koff 
iltep  agon*  be  ha*  aought  to  prr,|nng 
by  breaking  every  law  of  humanity. 

Anil  now,  slinking  *way  to  »moke  a 
eigbret  on  neutral  toil,  be  ii  trying  to 
tavc  himself  front  the  criminal 'i  dork. 
Civilisation  muit  demand  hia  etlndi- 
tion  for  trial  on  the  charge  of  world 
mor.I.-r.  He  baa  trie'  le  ptonder  the 
planet  like  a  common  maraudrr.  His 
order*    that    kart    InBieted    ;ii,00*l,i*''i 

manhood  will  cripple  the  earth,  per- 
bap*  (-  generation*.  The  sorrow  and 
mental  aoguiA  left  iu   hi*  bloody  trail 


la    Tra*«*tT. 
penalty   for  hia  gb«tl< 

onement       woulfl     be    i 


■JJ  i 


half  of  juitii 
It  is  her  i 
beard.  Jmtii 
»n,l  *MW1 
criminals   i 


cannot  hold  np  her  head 
acntrnre    on    tbe    InMf 


eynieally  '< 

Moat    B*   Brought  U   JnaUc*. 
Williim      Hohentollern         muit 


Thereafter   the   gn 


Washington  Gancels 
All  Calls  in  Draft 


rail*  to 
Totadani.     the     home 
biive,  an.l   Dulient'  *M 

I^.-.llorr,  MuIL.'hjl  »1 
aerrr  held  ty  rcvolnlion 
•V"me  of  lb*  ie|»>ri 
Conn-  Kr*|ip  von  Ivl.lt 
p.d  bil  wife,  forweile 
J.r*.|.   of   the   -real    g*M 


i  Or* 


s.k.     The  J. 


1  K-ai-u  alio 
!     iiitc.i   ihat 

I   an.l    llall.j.h 

Dettha   Kr 

work?  at  E* 
of  the  former 
:   w.-ii   reported 


c  been  wnua>le<l. 
All  picture*  el  the  l«t*Mf  bab«n  mil 
IV*  irewn  prince  we  'win;  retnpie-l 
t"»  pulille  Place*.  I'orlraitt  of  Von 
Jlmdenburg,  bo«ctet,  woe  not 
»<lc*tcJ. 

Food  Si  tint  ion  ie.'ioa*. 

The    L«t'*l    An/c^-cr    Haiti    rcrenlly 

••"  uf  the  *trjngi--t  tupporlrr*  of  lli* 

k*i«er >    rlnjiie,    h.i-1      bi-en      filed    by 

w.rkm   .i    aul    v.Uli.-r*.    «ho   « ere    nib- 

uadeb    the    title    "T:.t    w-J 


Men     Who     Have     Not     En, 
Training  Will  Return  to 
Civil    Life 

rlhM  three  hours  after  tire  oifi 

mm ui  hi  VfakMwglM  todiv  i 

nuiitn-e  had  been  aigned  with  Or- 
i,  ru-liiij  boititlitie*.  tieiieril  Caa*r> 


iging  of  bell*  '« 
were  able  to  appreciate  in  a  amalt  way 
what  took  place  in  Pari*  every  time 
Boche  airmen  attempted  a  raid. 
periun*  were  able  I*  aleep  through 
He  (En  of  the  informal  celebration  of 
Ii*  Brit  cflicial  announcement  ot  the 
igning  of  the  armitt.ee.  and  certainly 
io  one  waa  able  te  aleep  through  tbe 
lin  .nneuncina  the  arrival  of  oVmaa 
iirmen   before  Pari*. 

A*  icon  aa  tbe  Ho.  he  airmen  rroated, 
be  Allied  loet  in  k'rantc  oa  their  way 
to  the  French  metropolis  life  alert  iig- 
■  a*  sounded  in  Pari*.  Thi*  *igna1 
announced  by  the  sounding  of 
t  of  airena  atalioned  in  all  part* 
ke'eitv.      From    tbe    time    Ibe    Br.t 

illy  appeared  over   tbe  city  about 
r  20  minute*  would  elapee,  giving 
peoeple     in     opportunity     to    drea* 
and  terk  shelter  in  eell*ra  and  subway*. 
A*  sewn  a*   ibe  airmen   would   reach 
be    city    Unit*    the    antiaircraft    bar- 
age  would  begin.     Thi*  could  be  heard 
nile*  *way,  and  the  din  waa  mich  ~ 


Mons  Captured 
by  Canadians  as 
HostilitiesCease 

American  Heavies  by  Thou- 
sands  Fire  Up  to  Last 
Moment  of  Hostilities 


Gunners  Stand  With  Watch 
es  in  Hand  Awaiting  the 
Beginning  of  Armistice 


(By  A**oeloferl  TYeai.) 
London,  Nov.  ll_Mom,  tbe  Belgiai 
lowo  near  where  Britiah  troop*  engaged 
in  bitter  lighting  witkt  the  German*  at 
tae  beginning  of  tbe  war,  was  captured 
early  *ihi*  morning  by  Canadian  troop* 
uuder  General  Home,  according 
Field  .M.Mbal  Haig't  announcement 


Tribune      Gives      Greatest 
News  of  History  in  Reg- 
ular Edition. 


lodav'*   demonatration    is 

•  ii  lea  tin  w. 

■eould    con) 

own  bevon. 

tlw  city,  wh 

•und.     Ami  t 

is  during  t 

■*•  w 

Crown  Prince  Rupprecht 
in  Flight  From  Liege 


T...  Ilafne.  \.m-  tl.'-Tcnwn 
Prince  ItuppM-cht  nf  Pa.aria,  com- 
mander  of  the  lierman  northern 
srniy  ;roup,  a.id  liia  stalT  have  fled 
fi/im  Liege,  where  the  "Qtri-iin  bas 
revolted.  aeeordin(  to  the  Belgian 
n'HSpnper  I.ca   Nonvelli-*. 


Continuance  of  Railroad 
Pool  Is  Held  Essential 


■  I    _■!    r*. 1 

tared    on,.- 


•I 


,  tn   .' 
idem,     cancelled    all ; 
■  draft  call*. 

iltaneoo*ty.  Secretary  of  War  | 
announced  thai  "■  far  a"  P"e-  ' 
.11  men  who  have  l-ce*  called  and  I' 


•  ill  Ik*  mi 

las  lit.-,  a 


,.i.., 


i--i  i 


.\oi     11  -naitr,.*!.  «i)l 

.    I 
or   pro*  oliug  lur  it 


•   hanlirtg  of   a   great   t 

:    two  and   regard!  the 
Ihf  po)liu~  of  faciliti. 


rnt.l    I'*,  k    li  tore 

ginuiu;  of  a  if* 
U  drafteea  to  vat 

rongbnui    llie 


hat  aa  i 

B      .    ,:t(. .,.!.. 1      MM 


v.tcr  e.me  Ml   tl. 

wrmMl  of  -.'.-;.- 

.:«  I  rail. in?  e*B!ps 


|  World's  Greatest  Victory 
Declares  Lloyd  George 


Although  Adiut: 
not  Ntiiwrl  l 
order   at   noon. 


whu  wer 


new  ha.)    J;*  'h;"t0TV   "' 
1    ^ou,WlMcp.  of  hi.  n 


ClamftcatjoD   Unaffected. 
l-    M*«elfU**w    order    will    lie, 
vla*»ificalioa  *f  the  Sept  cm  l> 


*cle.i  by  tbe  MWtllaiiM  an 
»T|    I'ontmui*   a*    ordered, 

■r.lcr     mean*     the     en.)     of    IV 

-   f:u   r.*  lb*  in.luclieii  if  ng, 

union  of  itatg  and  Miuu.*pOl 


Cbwneactau  Beceirei  Tocb. 


Philip  Gibbs 


3*aenb*-.  Thrilling  rba.se  of  Boeh* 
by  Britiah  with  band*  playing  and 
Bag*  ft. j  lag.  Bcacued  peopl*  *lng 
pra<*«  to  God.  than  mab  oat  to  cheer 
victor*  •■  they  fotge  *ne*d>     fag* 


Tank  ~    -iMgi        . 

.lCrr*wr.J  };..■ 
With  Ijc  Amerkaa  Armies  in  France. 
No*.    11— ,10  SO   a.    a*.)— Heavy    artil- 
lery Bring  continiod  Ihrongh  tb*  night. 
It  waa  audible  L>3  mile     in  tbe  rear  of 

Tie    German    gua    replied,    but    were 
fairly  *motbcrcd  by  tke  Yaak  Br*. 

Thi.  ,l..).atr-l.  wu  tied  from  the  front 
just  10  minute*  before  hoiiilitle*  were 
nded.  ' 
Shortly  "oefora  11  o'clock  the  Amcri- 
au  gunner*  atood  with  wateb  in  band 
*  Ibe  aecond*  licked  •«*>.  Thousanile 
if  American  gun*  fired  right  up  to  tbe 
la*t,  caving  the  ahelt  ease*  of  the  final 


Svv. 


*j>aM 


ral  II  iacb  naval  gun*  eent  their 
tbrli*  bunlmg  f*r  inlo'tbe  Ger- 
liaea. 

Itle  it  known  regarding  event*  at 
■itreme  front  line*,  where  tbe  raco 
lug  in,  in   Idtl*  "  fui   bolea." 

immandrr  started  to 


.   tan  % 


ha    wa*    interrupted    b} 
unaemrnt    that    another    town    had 

Bert  Flom'Craiy  Over  Hew*." 
1*1    in   a  dugout   northeait  of    Ver- 
wFlea    Marahal    Foeh  »    order    *r 
I  at  10:1"     ^  captain   began  tele- 
phoning feverishly  to. all  the  batterie* 
ii  hi*  aector.     Immediately  tbe  fire   be- 
an lo  quicken  until  the  fog  wat  piere- 
d   by  *   veritable  abeet   of    Same,   the 
;un    flashes   melting   into  one. 

A*  lhe   raplain   flnitbed    reading  tbe 
rder  to  each  battery  faint  cheers  caaae 

"What  do  lhe  boya  think  of  it!"  be 

'••They're    maj     01m   eragy,"   aria 

he  response. 

Owiug  to  the  diffieulty  of  eommuni- 
ation  [irobably  many  of  tho  advanced 
iiiita(  rccei.ed  the  new*  niter  10 
''clock,  although  tbo  officer*  worked 
ike  beavers  lo  reach  all  detachment*. 
Ball*    Peal    In    Verdun. 


•Business  Paralyzed  by    Ec- 
stasy of  Men,  Women 
and  Children. 


At  2  p.  n.  today  every  tailor  of 
the  Dunwoody  naval  battalion  pa- 
raded Nicollet  iTuiua,  In  celebra- 
tion of  tb*  victory  over  Germany. 
They  wer*  back  at  Tb*  Par  ad*  In 
llmi  to  receive  the  army,  repre. 
tented  by  tbe  eBtti*  command  of 
Ma).  Bajpb  R.  Adamt,  5,000  strong, 
with  three  military  bandt,  that 
marc  bed  along  Nicollet  avenue  a 
3  p.  in.,  to  Tenth  itreet,  to  Harmon 
plac*  and  xa  Tbe  Parad*.  wber* 
they  war*  rrrl*w*d  In  the  laggeat 
military  event  of  ft*  kind  In  the 
history  of  Minneapolis. 

Victory  'a  paean  was  Bounded  today  by 
Minneapolis — a  gigautic  aymphony  that 
■ougbt  to  eipreaa  the  ineipreaaible,'  tbe. 
ioy  of  war'a  end.  Bursting  forth  al- 
most aa  tbe  bell*  rang  out  the  message 
at  2  o'clock,  IJe  cvcJcne  of  noise  en- 
veloped the  city,  ■welling,  riaiitg,  re 
verberatiag.  From  the  fbroat*  of  thou- 
■•"-■■  .Iftif  iff'-"  ■!■--  ■'  ■—  its-a- 
cry  that  wa*  *  eomraaaity  eon;  ol  vic- 
tor}-— and  it'*  sounding  yet. 

With  every  Bbet   of   it*  being,  wlUI 

lung,  Minneapolis  ii  celebrating  today 
InwrifaJl  of  •ntoerney,  the  end  of 
tbe  world  war. 

Trlbaaa  OIvm  Jfew*. 
Vew*  of  the  signing  ol  Ibe  armistice 
at  earried  to  the  peopl*  of  It inneapo 
s  and  it*  environ*  by  tbe  regular  edi- 
nn  of  Tbe  Morning  Tribune.  Tbe  6r*t 
Bath"  of  the  new*— •'  Armiltiee 
tigned"—  wa*  received  *!  1:47  a.  at. 
It  wa*  followed  by  a  brief  narrative 
of  ailieni  fact*,  verfring  tie  "flnah," 
ind  after  mechanical  operation  of  in- 
redibly  few  minutes,  huge  pile*  and 
Kindle*  of  The  Morning  Tribune  went 
orward  to  newiie*  asd  carrier*,  wilt 
ha  actual  tell  of  tbo  momcnloui  dit- 
pate.be*  direct  from  At*ociated  Pres* 
virea  (hat  bad  been  continuously 
'open"  for  hour*  to  *erve  tbe  readera 
f  The  Tribune. 


Civilized  Nations 
Strike  Dagger  From 
the  Hand  of  the  Hun 

Conditions  Embracing  II  Specifications, 
Include  Withdrawal  of  Invaders  From 
Left  Bank  of  Rhine,  Surrender  of  160 
Submarines,  50  Destroyers,  and  24  Large 
War  Craft — Terms  of  Victory 

The  strictly  military  terms  of  lhe  armisitice  between  the  Al- 
lied national  and  dermany  are  embraced  in  11  spec  ifi  cat  ions  which 
include  the  evacuation  of  all  invaded  territories,  the  withdrawal  of 
the  German  troops  from  the  left  bank  of  the  Rhine  and  the  sur- 
render of  all  supplies  of  war. 

The  terms  also  provide  for  the  abandonment  by  Germany  of 
the  treaties  of  Bucharest  and  Brest  Litovsk. 

The  naval  terms  provide  for  the  surrender  of  160  submarines, 
50  destroyers,  sr  battle  cruisers,  ten  battleships,  eight  light  cruis- 
ers and  other  miscellaneous  ships* 

The  Allied  vessels  in  German  Rands  are  to  be  surrendered  and 
Germany  is  to  notify  neutrals  that  they  are  free  to  trade  at  once 
on  the  seas  with  the  Allied  countries.  , 

Germany  in  Abject  Surrender. 

The  terms  pictured  Germany  surrendering  abjectly  to  General 
Foch  on  the  field,  her  armies  beaten,  her  government  overturned, 
and  her  master  in  Right. 

A  small  congress  and  a  small  crowd  heard  the  President's 
burning  swords,  but  enthusiasm  ran  riot. 


■tic* 


OJg 


i.i    ceased    the    bell* 

rriluy    hegan    pealing. 

duly  a  few  miiiules  before 

m   B*****.    -|.itcfullv    fired 

trill    ,r,;„    Verdun.      A*   til. 

tiled  on  the  ttreet*,  after       . 

aa,  aruagbiaf  ami   sl.outing  douphboy* 
poured   MM  of  tbe  building*. 

ii  flag*  were  flung  from  the 
>f  Hie  mined  buildings.  Lc- 
whiatlc*  screeched.  A  real 
celebration    began. 


tof 


t  like  wildfire 


Line  Leaping  Forward 
as  Hostilities  Cease. 

Ijnidon.     Nor,     11.— W|,e„     hctilld 


trawwt,  ca*l  of  Ardeim 
of  Muuhcugc,  ■ 
t    of       KoCro. 


I'd 


i-a-M 


•  whole  fi 
to  lhe  .V 
ore    than    ;W 

east  of  Moa*. 

,gl.    Metier*. 

of  Montmedy,  and 

he    lailer    place 


line  followed  ii* 
French     frontier     to     the     region     < 
Dic.!ol*k*ua*n.     where     it     ero**cd     inl 
(lerinans     gad    continued    in    praciieall 
a  ,'raight   line  to  the  junction   of  tbe 
,]     and  Bwint,  bordett. 
la  the  Halkan.  lhe  Allies   were  si 
prrutng   th*  t.criruuiaj  backward. 
,   .The   Sell-    hid"'  Wejipinl      -Sarajo 
where    the    world    war    wat    boru,    ai 
Scutari.  <lt,    ,, 

Frontier  ot  Belgium    *"T" 

Reached  by  French  Army. 

rSn*. 'Nov,  ll.-Tho  Belgun  fro 
lier  aaat  of  the  forest  of  Trelon.  ca 
nf  Aveanca  ha*  been  reached  by  t. 
French,  aecordl**;  to  Iho  wat  bffa 
anncuneemtnt  lod*v,  Jirjiaa  (roo 
have   enlered    the   town   of   Roero.,   le 


■    Hew*    Starts    Chimes. 

newt  wat  Bashed  to  Minneapolis 

be    wire    at    1:47    today.     At    S 


a.    Th*  arattatif 
Preddent    apoke    of    the    war    a 
ii*g  to  aa  end . ' ' 

tman   troop*  an  to  retire   at  one 

from  *oj  territory  beld  by  Ruttin,  Ron 

mania  and  Turkey  before  the  war. 

row   Mutt  «urt   "Loat   Provinces." 

Tk*  Allied  force*  are  to  have  aeeel 


■d  excitement.  Tburedey  'a  eel 
was  a  preface,  a  rcbrarae!  1 
r  morning  fete  of  today 


t  litem 


l    before    drc 

o'clock  a 


before 


Every  autnmobil 
deered  before  3 

ing  toward*  the  eeoter  of  tbe 
*tage,  Nicollet  avenue.  Everyone  in 
night  waa  grabbed  up  and  carried  along. 
Those  on  the  early  morning  wnfi-b_*t 
Dunwoody  inatitut",  some  busy  mak- 
ing lhe  d*y '»  tuprdv  of  rues,  fled  from 
their  peats  and  called  a  day  oil  oa  tbeir 

Joy  la  Indescribable. 
No  picture  could  paint,  no  wordt 
could  deecribe  the  animation,  the  unre- 
strained delight  with  which,  the  offi- 
cial word  nf  the  signing  of  the  armef- 
tiee  brought  In  the  city  Ion-  before 
dawn  todav.  There  wa*  no  "cold  gray 
dawn."  Th*  d*wn  of  ■f»Ha»l*H  II, 
191B,  wu  red  pol.l— the  greatest  dawn 
ins  in  the  history  of  the  world  For 
it  ia.a  world  celebration,  a  world  vie- 
torv,  Miuneapnli*  i*  one  witb'Lon-'nn, 
with    Parr**,    with    lhe    soldier*  ■  »t     lhe 

the  world  whose  heart  ha*  hern  await- 
yip  the  verdict  of  tho  world'*  battle- 
field. 

Three  \w  fll  *l  Minr»apolii  firemen, 
roused  fiom  Honiltcra  by  the  blowing 
of  whittle*  and  ringing  nf  bell*,  cath 
ered  in  the  eoort  bouae  early  and  bejan 
a  eelcl.inlinn,  lhe  fir.t  in  the  city. 
Police  Sand  Oat  Early 

Tke   Police  Denartmcnl  band,  awail 
ing  onlv   a   sicnal   to  gather,  formed   i 
*■- -r   afle 


the  signing  of  the 

TI.e  litemen  in  a  double  lioe  eiic 
ing  tbe  entire  length  of  Oe  baseni 
nf  the  court  hou»e.  *tood  »t  attenl 
and  »*ne  "T.ie  Star  Spangled  Ranne 
led  hv  the  Firemen's  quartet,  'omr>n«ed 
ef  Claude  Harris,  George  Murt,  W.  J 
O'Rourke  and  V    R.  Scott. 

Led  pv  <~hief  of  Police  Lewi*  Hart 
hill  and  Chief  'William  Ringer  of  th. 
fire   department,   n   parade  composed    ol 


Stolen  Gold  Hun  Be  lUturaW. 
Among  the  financial  term*  included 
■<*  leatilulion  for  ilaoia^-  done  by  the 
(rmaa  armiet,  reitituliou  of  tbe  cut 
i*-.  feoro  The  National  bank  of  Bel- 
um  and  return  of  gold  lakes  from 
ii**ie  and  Roumaaia. 
"Tbe  military  term*  include  the  Mr- 
render  of  5,000  gnne,  half  of  Held  and 
balf  of  light  artillery;  », 


i   and    2,000 


airplane*. 


ruder  of  5,000  locomotives, 
igon*.  10,800  motor  lorries,  Ibe 

of  Aleace- Lorraine  for  nee  by 
■a  and  store*  of  eo*/  and  iron 

included. 


Tbe  immediate  repatriation  of  alt  Al- 
ed  and  American  priaoner*  without 
teiproeal  action  by  tbe  Allien  also  it 
icluded.' 

In  connection  with  the  evacuation 
f  the  left  bank  of  tbe  Rhine  it  it 
rovided  that  the  Allies  shall  hold  the 
roeeiage  •'  the  river  at  Coblenr., 
ologn*  and  Mayenee,  togrtber  with 
bridgehead*   and  a  30-fcllomrtor   fadiu*. 

Tb*  right  bank  nf  .the  Bhiueland,  that 

■copied  by  tb*  MB**,  n  lo  become 
'  rone  gad   tbe  bank   held   by 


■   tas 


[  evaruited  i 
a  for  Ml  d*ya 


la.   Tbe 


londitionareapituuitioa  of 
reea  in  East  Africa  withia 
cue  month  ta  ptovided. 

Carman  troopa  whicit  bat*  not  left 
the  invaded  territories  specially  in- 
clude* Alsace  Lorraine  within  14  d*;-» 
become  pri*ooere  of  war. 

Ibe  repatriation  within  14  day*  of 
tho  thouaaoda  of  unfortunate  civilian* 
deported  from  franco  and  Belgium  alia 

Freedom  of  acce**  to  the  Baltic  *e* 
with  power  to  occupy  Garrpan  fort*  la 
tbe  Kattegat  is  another  provision.  Th* 
German*  also  must  reveal  location  of 
mines,  poisoned  wells' and  like  agencies 
of  destruction  and  th«  Allied 'blockade 
i*  to  remain  unchanged  during  tbe  pes 


AH  porta  on  the  Black  t 
Germans  are  to  be  turn 
i  Russian  war 


endcred  arid. 
cently  taken 
by  the  tiermin  navai  inrce*  alto  are  tet 
be  aurreadered  to  tbe  Allies. 

These  are  tbe  "high  spot*"  of  tha 
terms  as  the  President  'read  them  te 
Congress.  Germany  '*  acceptance  of 
them,  he  said,  signalized  the  end  of  th* 
w»r,  breauee  it  m*de  her  powerleei  to 

The  President  made  it  plain  that  tha 
nntiooa  wbicb  have  overthrown  the  mil- 
itary msater*  of  Germany  will  now  at* 
tempt  to  guide  tho  German  people  late- 
ly to  tbe  family  of  nation*  at 
democracy. 

Beside*  the  surrender  of  ISO  sub- 
msrinea,  it  i*  required  that  all  other* 
shall  hsv*  their  ereW*  paid  off,  part  mat 
of  corgrnittion  and  placed  under  the  *n 
pervuiion    of   the    ^ 


•  nd    America* 


Wilson  Reads  Terms 

of  Truce  to  Congress 


«**»>  -taeocwlen  P»WO 

waahingtow,  Nov.  11.— Tbe  terms  of 
.-•  armiatiro,  wjth  Germany  were  read 
to  Congrsn  br''Fr**ident  Wilaoo  at  1 
thi*  afternoon.  The  President 
>  folUwn 

tleaieo,  of  tbe  Coagrcta—  In 
nsioua  tune*  tl  rapid  and  *tu- 
pendoua  change  it  will  in  *oma  degree 
lighten  my  aenae  of  re*poa*ibiliiy  to 
perform  in  peraon  the  duly  of  coca- 
rating  to  yon  aome  of  th*  larger 
■atanee*  of  the  situation  with 
which    n    it   necessary   to  deal 

"The  German   authorities  who  have, 
at    the   inviiano*   of  tbe  supreme   wer 

Marshal  Kicb,  have  accepted  and  a*ga- 
wbich  he  waa 


I   and  i 


Mtta]   i 


Military  Claims  I 


Western  Proat. 

follow*: 

*J — i.'i  station  of  operntior,*  by  land 
and  m  the  air  *n  hours  aite*  lb*  aig 
nature  of  tbe  armistice. 

"  1— Immediate  evaeaatjam  ef  in- 
vaded eooatrie* — Belgian,  Prance,  il 
•ace- Lorraine,  Lnsimburg — no  ordered 
as  'o  be  completed  within  1*  day*  from 
the  signing  of  the  armietiee.  Gensau 
tntsM  ulii.  h  bat,-  not  left  tbe  *bo»* 
laibiaid  territories  within  tb*  period 
flied  will  I.e.  tun.  priiunen  of  war.  lie- 
cupation  by  the-  Allied  nad  United 
Silica  forte*  jointly  will  keep  pace 
with  evacuation  in  the**  area*.  All 
mev*men'a    of   evacuation    and    oeaupa- 


RepatneUOTt  to  Be  at  Oace 
'*;  —  Hepatrintion  begiuantg  at  onct 
d  to  be  completed  within  H  day*  nl 
inbabitasta  of  tbe  eountrlet  abovi 
■ntioned.  Including  boataga*  aad,  p*r 
n*  under  trial  •*  eenvjeted 
"  Four  — Surrender  in   good   cosJiVtea 


by  tbe  Germaa  annie*  of  the  following  ■ 
equipment:    Five  thousand   gun*   (J, ."00 

gnm,    three    thouaaad      miaenwaerfer*, 

2,00.1  airpisuias  (nghters,  bomber*— 
firetly  1>  eevinty  tbre*'*  and  nigat 
bombing  machine*).  Tbe  above  te  ba 
delivered  in  *itu  to  th*  Aluee  end  th* 
|tnit*d  State*  '.toop*  in  *ceord*»ee  with 
tbe  detailed  condition*  laid  down  iu  the 

All:**  to   Hold  *UUa*  Cresnnngi- 

atmiea  of  tbe  caiinteie*  on  the  left  banlc 
nf  the  Rhine.  These  countries  on  the 
left  bank  of  th*  Hhine  shall  be  admin- 
istered by  Th*  local  authorities  under 
th*  control  of  the  Allied  aad  United. 
States  srmie*  of  occupation.  The  ct- 
enpavtion  ef  these  territories  will  be  rla- 
termiaed   by    Allied  and   United  State, 

E irritant  balding  the  principal  eroee- 
g*  "of  the  Rhine.  Mivenee,  Coble u.-, 
Cologne.  logctber  with  bridgeheads  it 
thee*  point*  in  30  kilometer  radio*  oe 
the  right  bank  and  by  garrison-  aim., 
lartv  holding  tb*  *trategi.-  point*  of  Lb* 

Xsnttal    Zoo*  IUea*V*d. 

A  neutral  tone  that:  b*  rwterirar]  oaf 
tbe  right  of  th*  Kbiac  betweea  tb* 
■"—  —a  ■  ''--  **-wn  pavsllsl  t*>vU 
athft  frwm  aj*. 
i  to.  pvnliat  *r 
*■  tieartseabu  a 
Mine*  of  3i)  Irilemvler*  from  tb*  nil 
tbo  •H--11.  fr*m  their  :«tallel  of  - 
ri»«  froatier.  VvaVuetioa.'  by  the 
tray  of  tbe  Rain*  Und*  *ball  b*  >c 
dered  a*  to  be  completed  witkia  a 
nl.or  period  of  II  day),  la  all  10  day, 
ter  tl.*  tignatuic  of  tb*  armistice. 
1  *n*v*m*Bi*  ef.  evacuation  *n-l  *■>. 
patio*  arlll  be  reapdatad  according  U 
•    note    anarted.  -j^ 

Mo  EvscuMloa  of  mbabitaots.  *" 
"Sf«-In  all  ttrritury  cacuaTtsl  Ly 
c  enemy  there  nb*JI  be  nil  *vtunintiun 
lahabjlaatgi   a*   damage   or      barn 


40    kilometers    1 
frontier   of    Hot 

GernabutD  aud 


.1    « 


154 


Appknpi: 


orning  ftrttomi 


Fifty-second  Year.    No.  tjt. 


Associated  Press. 


MINNEAPOLIS,   MINN.,   TUESDAY,   NOVEMBER    12,    1918 


United  Pros. 


Prie*  Two  Cents  in  Minneapolis 


Truce  Terms  Crush  Militarism  of  Germany; 
Allies  Celebrate  Victory  Over  Autocracies 


Victory  Joy 
Continues  to 
Sweep  City 

Tired  Crowds  Carry  On  as 

Second  Peaceful 

Day  Dawns. 


Germany  Faces  Famine; 
American  Aid  Beseeched 


London,  Nov.  11.— Dr  Solf,  German  foreign  sec- 
retary, has  addressed  a  message  to  Secretary  of  State 
Lansing,  requesting  that  President  Wilson  (the  United 
States)  intervene  to  mitigate  "the  fearful  conditions 
existing  in  Germany. "' 


At  2  o'clock  yesterday  morn- 
ing it  began. 

At  2  o'clock  yesterday  after- 
soon  it  uas  increasing. 

At  2  o'clock  this  morning  it 
was  diminishing— slightly. 

For  more  than  24  hours  Min-( 
jieapoiia  forgot  everything  but    Qpe   KaiseHin£ 
that  supreme  moment  in  Ine  hi*-  h 

ton-  of  the  world  when  the  offi-   Reported  Shot;  One 

cial  news  arrived  that  the  war ' 
had  ended. 

Black  BHniow  urud. 

liiaektaiog  with  ite  *kouo»  (at  nioti 
r/    !>   earth  «   surface   than   any   pthrt 

WW  id  lii •:■>-•;  coating  in  luci,  euf 
IMafi  *nfrjv  and  wealth'  so  dcarly 
that  ihe  price  of  alt  other  wata  fade* 
into  laiigm  Scape*;  marking  the  ml  01 
light  upon  the  scaffold  and  "roup  upon 
ibe     tamo.,     remaking     th 


Dr.  Solf  says,  according  to  a  German  wireless  dispatch  recaived  here 
today,  that  h«  feeli  it  hia  duty  to  draw  America's  attention  tu*he  fact 
that  the  enforcement  of  the  condMions  of  -Ifi*  armistice,  especially  the 
surrender  of  transports,  mean*  the  starving  of  millions  of  persons,  and 
requests  that  the  President's  influence  be  directed  toward  overcoming 
this  danger. 


I in<*a  otcr  nearly  the  enti 

^lobc    an,]    tie   sorrowing 

lifted  their  faeaa  to  the  radiant  sky  in 

a    world  wide    snag    of    praise    and    of 

Ihinkagiving. 

"The  world  is  free!" 

Thi*  waa  the  peso  heard  in  the  liftcil 
loiecu  at  the  victorious  Allied  countriel 
;  .1.1  this  Is  the  knowledge  •bared  l>v  all 
immanily  whir.i  will  ma'.c  Peace  Day 
•■  iuti'i national  holiday  forever,  tik 
ing  «  P****  »l*m  all  imgle  national 
l.olidav.  and  Handing  with  New  Veal  i 
»ax,  with  Easter  Dav  and  with   Ot'—. 

Finked  Across  City. 
The  paw*  rMchtd  Minnrap*.!.,  »», 
■■    i.cfoie  2  o'clock  yesterday 
-vnbin    a   ir"   niinuirs  it   »ang   across 
th*   sleeping   i  it v   from    lb 
-aiiiii-,     IlindrcJi  of  wluatlcs  look  up 
■■!■'  Mholnjt  DwM*ee  and  MM  it  to  In 
-  ■■•   and   beyond. 
Minneapolis  instantly    >*wkp_M   full 
•  .  iliist.'m    of      iti      meaning.      Llghn 
-lashed,    wlaMai   and     door>     t.pened, 
-eoplc    liejiJU    pouring    inlc     tin 


,-oplc    Wan 
■  id  in  let*  t 


«H 


nnJ  — 
■ 

■ 
Carnival  Saartack  Pietentcd 
It    i-    ..1.P.01-J    |IU!  il»ail*M 

,rnnrf-   i--!-..~i  rl  lb* 

■■.■!..    ■         Ill,    and     l.» 


Shell  Avalanche 
Poured  Upon  Foe 
In  Last  Moment 

Americans        Watch 

Timepieces  Until  the 

Zero  Hour. 

wall  the  American  Army  in  the 

Sedan    Front.    Not.    11— Oermans 

ram  a  into  the  American  line 

:oday   aaid   their   inlets   had 

to  retire  with  ai  little  delay 

as  pcssihle.    They  added  tliat  they 

had   ex  per  ted  to  be   back   in  their 

homes    in   Germany   a    week    from 


Gerard  Urges 
Extradition 
of  Wilhelm 

Kaiser  Under  Indictment 

in  British  Court  for 

Murder. 


Amsterdam,  Nov.  11. — It  is 
stated  on  good  authority  here 
that  William  Hohenzollern.  for- 
mer Gorman  emperor,  will  be 
interned  in  Holland. 

IMy  Jiiocioted  Preil.) 

Amsterdam,  Nov.  II. — Of- 
ficials of  the  Dutch  government 
and  the  German  minister  at  The  ■ 
Hague  have  gone  to  Eysden  on 
the  Dutch  frontier  to  meet  the 
former  German  emperor.  The 
Handclsblad  says  it  learns  the., 
Dutch  government  will  object 
to  the  former  German  emperor  : 
residing  in  Holland. 


Foe  Divers  Called  Together 
to  Fight  Against  Armistice 


London.  Nov.  11. — The  admiralty  has  intercepted  a  Ger- 
man wireless  addressed  "from  the  command  and  soldiers' 
council  on  the  cruiser  Strassburg,"  to  "all  ships,  torpedo  boats, 
destroyers  and  submarines  in  the  North  sea." 

The  message  refers  to  the  terms  of  the  armistice  and  de- 
clares: 

"This  would  entail  the  destruction  of  us  aH.-  German  com- 
rades '.  Defend  our  country  against  this  unheard  of  presump- 
tion. Strong  English  forces  are  reported  ofT  the  Skaw.  All 
submarines  in  the  Baltic,  except  those  on  outpost  duty,  as- 
semble immediately  in  Sassnitz  harbor." 

Sassnilz  is  a  watering  place  on  the  east  cost  of  the  island 
of  Ruegen.  Prussia. 


Trial  a 


!,rV!r- 


Murderer  Urged. 
V  *lll(lltX  Pnaaj 
■k,  ,    Nov.      II.— KTtri'liti.™ 

Holland  and  hia  trial  la 
i  tilt  charge  of  murder  (or 
as  been  indieted  tbera  was 
tonight   by   Jamej  W,  Ger- 


Germany  Shorn  of  Power; 
Drastic  Armistice  Terms 
Presented  to  Congress 

Everything  America  Fought  for  Attained 

in  Rigorous  Conditions  Teuton's 

Must  Meet. 


Beaten  Hun 
Begs  Peace 
Upon  Knees 

Prussian  Arrogance  Goes 

Down,  Freeing  Foe 

Oppressed. 


IVv  li|gr.ilM  Pr(.,.i 

After  more  than  four  years 
of  struggling  the  rights  of  man- 
kind are  served.  The  greatest 
day  in  the  history  of  nations 
ha-f  dawned.  The  German  mili- 
tarist classes — arrogant  beyond 
expression — are  in  defeat. 

Kaiser  and  crown  prince  are  ia 
flight,  refugees  in  an  alien  c  mat r  . 
Germanic,  kings  an.)  potentates  n-i 
longer    hold   their   away.  . 

The  Allied  arms  arc  triumphant.  Ira 
perialiatic,'  Germany   has    met    the   fate 
|  that  ultimately   must  coma  to  a*t   coua- 
>  try    that    seek*,  to    rnlo   the    worlri. 
Germany  on  Bar  Knee ; 
Deserted   \i\  all   her  allies,  C»r«i^n\ 
on    her    kneeir    is    accept  ini;    li 
lapitulation   which      tamml      rtrtoitl] 
to    ahject    «urfender.      Except    for    .: 
,  tusl   ho*tilo   military   laVfjlH    i' 
,  great   European   power,  tho  amhttina   »< 
<  ths   mjnsr.  li  of   which  was  \-,  .ijmiT  :'» 
over  all,  li  ia  eomplete  defeat. 

Beaten -on    the    field    o(    battle,    thr- 


Inrajled 

Cefmau 


of  the  iter* 

inih  ..f  uja. 
rjmma, 
keen 


iu    Lai    "kilted    SO:  ((Jj)  Anocalrd  Prtti.i 

RouM^rmaUn^ '  Washington.  Nov.   11. — Signing  of  the  armistice  with  Ger- 

•a.tirc  world,"  Mr    many  was  proclaimed  today  by  President  Wilson,  who  also  an- 
o*n  qtwation  wRh   nounced  its  terms  at  a  joint  session  of  Congress. 

The  terms  herald  the  end  of  the  war  because  they  take  from 


a*    tbev    advanced 
Moselle   i.-  :      i 

Id   An  a  afced    after   the  ttiatdMH 
trm»  for  thr  t«»tBti*«i  ../  r.L>«tilitir:» 

Hot   one   «UI    lew     .  iacl      in      t 
■.port sms nihii>    arera    t1  ■ 
tillcrymen      Whind      II  i 
awaited   tn  tie  aaeajul   'he  time  for 
railing    olT    nf    ilie    fijhling    and    thi 


Armistice  Terms 

"Greatest  Drama's 
Closing  Chapter 


Germany  the  power  to  renew  it. 


i  a  proclamation 
lor.-  I  mii.trvmcn 
lined 


ifhtiu   ai 

buhJ*— a  t 


apital,* 1 

Peace  Parley 
Preparations 
to  Come  Next 


?nnte  EiUl  Attempts  Life 

t»Y  .1; 

1 1.— Mjnv    scmalion.ii 

mil   ef  the  i-c»<  el  tuc  »i;nina  of  the 
the  effcet  that 
in.-,.   t:i^l   I'tr-.If nek.   the   second  inn 
i .'    WiHiam    li.    »ji     Mi 

■     ■  ,         ■  .1.     Mid    li  at    tin-    tat 


■ 
,  ,i.i   .....|  11>:.i,r|.in  .-.%,■ 


rifll 


MU    ( 


•-IrdraKs  mat   d*n    li    a. 

-irelet.lv   a*   sir   n?ktv   ■ 

-a.    ket  iHfk   tide    ..(    p, 

'■  .  1-i.pod.      U 


■ 

■ 


British  Battleship 

Torpedoed  and  Sunk 


i... 


n^— The 


■ 


,;*!, 


Piraati   Appear   QuKkly 
Ik*  Ueatrninf  JIh   nf  ioioii>ur 
i    ftl    kit)    tl.e 
>  nr !«■     ia     Hie    Ja«     pan  I 

iii-ir,   mart*   np   of    ll.r    MtiiN    rmk- 
■       ■     and     >li-i- 

""    <C««rtn»»an  n  F>t«  4,"caiTT, 


iiiia    ».i«    tdrpcdneil 
tl.e    w.it    larrauee    tu     I 
tiibrsli:ir,    \gienilnr    0.    nod    taul-    3' 
later,    ircordinj    to    >u    Artarii 
|MIC|]ll.      Tltirn 


I.NSP 


1  M.iss  Meeting  at 
Institute  Tonight 

i  A  civic  niw  neetiuc  to  'fleorate 
;  it*  eeraini  of  world  peace  will  be 
held  in  front  of  the  Minneapolis  In 
I  itltuU  Of  Arts  it  T  VI  y  m  today 
Jobn  Irosbf.  rkalrnan  of  th*  eoai 
*aitt*«  on  arrsBiaoieai*.  *1U  pie. 
"4«  De  Ji>nn  E  rreemin.  Dr 
1,  E  Ijibjie!!.  Or  H  P  Dcwr/ 
Or   Charles  We- ley  Burni    Or    L    A 

Orniaa  nd  Dr  m  d  Bhmie,  wiu 
lak  (utt  in  the  rMTti,4*  A  nuJi- 
tirv  band  wui  play  National  airs 
EvtryoM  la  taqnested  to  nriaf  in 
AaaerKan  Brf 


Drys  Lead  by  15,482; 
Wets  Claiming  Victory 


ii   [■!.  i  met.  inlanlia    * 

imrndtnent 
nieht   (too.1   at   l-:i'      I 

■ 

mMi  <  ■  bd ;.  but .    <■ 

■d    »   total    voN',    the   dr.a    have    I 

irtrj    «r    tOjttX     tka    i.rokimiioD 
■  iectinni  on   3   iirrov 

.t  ...i  tl.'it  th"  »i''  Vin 


EoOMTelt  Ooes  la   Katpitsl 

N     V  .   N'    .     Il.-.\ft. 

.!->•   fn.ii,  U    lit*  !.  of  Killirt,  Colo*. 


Armistice  Will  Not  Lower 
Food  Prices,  Says  Hoover 


•Oonpta*  of  food  pTtera 

ike  .0WT1U.M.  «f  a*  an 

lood  AwJBM 

■ 
ll    -kile    ike    k 


' 


Wtathet  Forte 


MIMNEBOTA      WtATIIER      F.l, 
coci  r  tliii  afternoon  and  nutit 


"  '  |  ■'■         ft.-     |.  in       ,.i     M«N 

-  -  lasmf  d..il  •- 1  HHHiiie,  fan,    inrtei.e,.hut  oil-...  kill 

■  a  result   ... 
■ti"   .an.:    - 

i     -    1    ...    -ill 
'••  i,t    "hul,     I-   ataiial.tr.      li»n,nii.|.  oe   ike    I'ailH 

■ 
•"'•  *M  .ii     ),.  ■ 

•M  '       P**|   a.lmini. 

will     oirr,        i    ,.,....    ,„■    | „,„,,,    tbfou^i,   ,,„ 

•"''    *    ■' ■■'  tft*tnrr,  wko 

1     '"     '■"■''  ■      Mifftrfca., 

■  "™    "    mt.-nnaei    ■•   •'■r  ewharfo," 

■ 
i 


I,.- 


»1   thr    »-.d.   ,(t|,. 
I-    -.ra...   ••   ihf   r,i,fi    ,,,1^ 


^farJhal 

i£    rrpurm    at    lutinns     Tnnijjkl     f  rem 
aendt)    '    " 

'  ■  Al  the  i.«salinn  it  hcnitlilirs  this 
n.nrniBg  w.  Lad  na.i.e.l  !he  general 
In..-  r.f  th.  ff.-iwi..  It.  Ijian  fruntier, 
MM  of  Arvaari,  Jawont.'Htrry,  four 
miles  ts,t  uf  Mods,  Uhtavrn,  Lr-sinci 
and  Ctaiimoa!  " 

Yanki   Stake  Out   Line 

<ay  4—twia  /•-.. .     . 

With  Ur  Aate-jena  \tmr  m  Franec, 
Xn*.   ll. -The  ii,„.     r..  ■ 

.11     II     n'elock    todar 
tens   licin^  s'nke.1   out   Ihit  atlrrnooti.  ' 
■    bnrurl  a  i.k  ihethj  int 


\...| 


Vlv,l. 


lUUaos  Eeub  Brenner  rasa. 

II  —  The  llDl.au  arm.ei 
havo  naehej  Hrrinir  pat.  ,n  tl,.-  T_v 
rol.    the    ttir    oflu  e    announecl    todty. 

In    the    battles    rati  n  h 
period    from    October    ".'I     In    November 
\    the    Italian*    toiA    4Ji;.7n    prisoner*. 
Tl.cv      alt. 

Bebnaat  Froottfr  Keaeked 

Parn,    .\o.      II— Tl.e    li.  ijii.iti     i  mil 

tier  east  of  tin.    forest  o(  Trelon,  ess 

•ii    AvfnMi    hat    bfjtn    rtMhri     Of    ih' 

!      tae    mar      oSiei 


o-lat         ItaKatl 

'  .itn    uf   Tt,«roi 
■ 
Mom  Betake*  Before  End 


ll.-Muni,  the  Belgian 
i«»n  near  where  Krilish  troopi  engai-ed 
HMter  fichtiux   trltk   ' 
..e-^jj'"*1"*  o'  'he  "at.  ««.  captured 

■  by   Cunirlmn   troopi 

*ler     0**er»l     Howe,     aetordins     le 
-   ■ 


Cheers  ot  Americans 
Accompany  Last  Shots 


■    i 


ii. 


[■tend    like 

M....II-    f 
fioa  to  tke  tea.on  ot    -. 

lea* ami    tr,     rarloM      l.eaji|u«rte 

•     t-auwd     I 

<   to  ill'  i-ion  Bad   re^ 

t   an. I   NaJr*    i".tn   mnuth   la   *'.ui 

he  i,»i t  in  'in   i  if Ha*  -   h  an 

.     P-.e   (nr  dSj 

wntM    ■' 


*H  , 


joi'iac 

Th"f 


»e   nm   m   il.t   frot.t 
tmlie'.l    to   belieie   ike 

•iitnlfti:   of   tl.e   am 

1  hm   ii,,  i.    wnj  t, 


,-!- 


iDtartatttrot  Flrlnf 

■ 
teirtitie»l    ..  ■ 

eseh   ..(I  er   that    Ih,'    o, 
ajjl       he. 

ih  mphtfUl  • 

■ 


aamiar. 

Pt  .p  no  I 


Ike  fJUra  | 


■-.,  yt  unfurled 


Revealed  Before 

Congress. 

By  George  T    Autluor. 
HaaWautttw,      Kanr,      ii.-.\i:..  r,.  i   . 

pjrpaae  in  eatfVflaM  ihe  great  World  war, 

her  ptidc  in  tt  rial  MU  lie.  n  aeeomplnli»d 

,U'itioi.      uf     Cat      creat 

rvenls    tbnt    have    been     accomplished 

irere  draniatt/c.t  today   when  President 

Wilson   informed  f.'ongi 

it  the  German   armisti 

The  »eenc  which  was  aisled  heie  to- 

■Wwa  in  the  story  of  th( 

country  a>  one   of  tliii   must   inomenlom 

g«»hetiogi   in   ill   hitlorv 

Wnii,   thrro  ires*  ihevt  only  H  or* 

b*m   Pt   Courcai   pritenl.  owini(   to  the 
(set  most  of  them  ate  out  of  Ihe  eity, 
Ihe  rlnmlHi  ilieif  11.  I  here— the  eham. 
In  c    ■rkteh    teealls    tome    o(    the    great 
■.ran    Imlory    ml    the 
*nmo  ball  ill   wtiu  It   Ml*   a  -oniparatr 
ly  shojt  time  aKo  Amem-a  declared  tl 
,       ,...  nj   i.ar  .'Titled  between  tlir  i 
i,.  r.n!     (.iTiTian     go' 


morning  Kverything  for  »l 
ica  fought  has  been  .leeompllihed. 
■•ill  now  be  oar  fortunate  Jut*  to  as- 
sist or  malpll.  by  •*.»;,  friendly 
counsel  and  bj  material  ail  ia  th'  *t> 
taiilinhmen'  of  deiroeraey  thrftUUfhout 
the  world." 

Oensaoy  Before  Court 
PP* 

tile, 
world'i   court    •Cjastlta,    hating   tab 
scribed    to    terms    of    m,  rend-r..  wttsel  i 

prohihiy  will  -jo  recofded  ID  h»tory  *.     Statesmen  While  Ar- 

the    moat    drastic    and    complete 
measured  out  in  *  del 

Reading  of  the  full  teat  of  the 
discloses    meaai 


that  the  (terman  armies  shall 
iDto  their  homeland  from  all 
territory.  Impotent  as  tho 
arms  will  be,  so  impotent 
the  German  fleet.  The  colonies  as* 
lost  and  tho  kand  that  nought  to  r**rh 
out  and  attain  additional  territory  h 
withered  br  the  ruline;  of  the  )*upreB..- 
War  council  at  Versa i lie*. 

Restitution  la  Promised 
Reparation  »nJ>  restitution,  in  fart 
full  eompeasntkin  of  an  Bad  ii  la 
bo  made  by  Germany  frie  all  th"  di- 
aster  that  ha*  follow!  ket  an  • 
and  those  of  her  allies   l&rrBfaaad   l 

Dafeat  May  Prore  Bleaalni. 
For  Germany  a*  a  na'i 


L-:   ;: 


■    ■ 


Topic     Will     Engrots 
itatesmen  While  A 
mUtice  Is  in  Effect 


defeat  nar  no1 
long  run  of  disadvantage.  The  rtvn 
tiona  throughout  tho  country  are  '  ■ 
ing  toward  democrat i/atiuii  whi,-'i  n, 
prove  tho  solvation  of  a  eounfrt  nc 
controlled  by  srar  loirl" 

Fighting  on  the  3atil«  fronts  end 
at  d  o'clock  Mjn.lav  morning.  Eaatt 
tine  in  the  United  States.  The  mm 
•if  the  AlSai  force*  at  that  rial*— ei 
to  th«  aeeond— were  hard  h< 

Tho  Brltiah   troops  Were  li, 


-h 


i   Bo 


.'ltd.' 


;rc  at  )m 

...piLh., 


■per. at  C-r 
r  wi ernme.it  at 
on.-  of  America 
■ttal   fa*  Ml  is 


t  if  the  retult  of  a  ma,- 

!',.•  ,md  Ihrouet  hate  come  t"U>- 
■g  .Inwn.  t,.itm»;  dyrastiea  hntc 
ii  MM* pad,  mi]  tt,c  itaomal*  of  an 
an)    in   tl,:.  dnt-   of   po. 

I  \i  ataaed  iu  *x> 


Itral 


t%« 


at   today   eunlrislel 
w.neh     witnu.ed    the    reading    tif 
astaaauM     to     <:»ngre*i. 
114  lac  icaaaralloa   ihat  o  ita<e  of 

•  sille.t.      Thin    the    floor    of    Ihe 


Atmo*pb*re  ot  Enthusiasm 

.    an    l|    rnihuiutrr.    la 
■hat  Im  hlttari 

'.nibl    auj    naiiiral    mogiving    concern 
nr  so  great  on  ajalvMlan 


racra   mi 

the   .lecomplislim-nt 


,n.l  flat 

:     ■         ■         ■ 

■.li'll'    Will,  ll 

■a    nas    ineuet'.l,      a      reali/atioti 

appeared  m  rurb  cm  tie  Pre. 
u.ual   lilcisf*   Mile 

:  IJ  ,    that*    m 


nf  "he  t, 


and  Ifca  Allie.i  fovernment*  hate  taken 
10  guarantee  that  German v 'n  accept- 
ance shall  not  1":  a  scrap  of  uaper  and 
to  Insure*  the  dettruetioo  orth«>  mili- 
tary cast-  which  oncf  rouhl  aacr«tt* 
and  nt  Iti  ataxic  eU 
peace  of  the  ansrld 

Hjrainity't  Tank  Kaxt 

rta*tag  Kftad  the  yoke  of  militarism 

from   the    paiylii    of    Uja    Cawaral    cm. 

pirn  the   Mtiaa   now  torn   '■>  taaka  of 

Immanity    in. I    m.rev    to   tiind    up   their 

feed  the' hungry,  meanwhile 

•••ekiaj   \n   lul.le   iheai   to   a  place   ia 

•n  which  they 

can    take   a  part    m    a«*uriag  that   an- 

oihf  phI  l»5O0  Jew  at  bi«.l  and  bjr- 


Evi 


wrti. 

tepara 


hi 


I'll!' 


armistice. 
What  Oartaaas  Agrs*  to  Do. 

Heie    are    the    prin,-ipil    thing*    Cer- 
poweileis  l.'fi.re   the 


I  rartam    AJlja, 

■ 
.Oframe.  Bclgtar*,  Laai 

nd    Hjuminn    without 
ruction  or  barm  to  inLatn 


(!!■•  Atwidttd  Prttt,} 
Washington,  Nor  I  J.  —  Pr-paratiou, 
for  final  fetta  negotiations  will  cngrnsa 
American  ami  Allied  statesmen  the 
neit  few  week,  while  Marshal  Fwh  and 
tho  natal  commanders  *ec  to  it  that  Ihe 
term*  of  armistice  which  ended  the 
ngeting  today  are.  earned  out. 

Tbirty  days  la  t.i*  armiaii.e  period. 
and  amce  it  har.lly  will  be  possible  lo 
assemble  th*  greatest  ponce  coafereaee 
In  history  within  that  time,  an  cite*' 
■ion  practically  is  certain  10  h*  grant 
ed  iiy  tkc  rittaa  an*1  m 
i  anijuisheJ. 

Plans  Are  Unsettled 
What   happens   in    Germany     in   what 
enco   was   Au.tria  Hungary   and   10   III 
sM   during  ths   meinlinie   prul'ably   w 
|*Yera    the     aalaUaa     ot    mauy    o*f    t 
rakflM   prdLlrmi   aw.illinj   the  coaf, 

■■ 


Itium.    Th*/  Frtarh  bad  a 

tho    German*    ffom    nocrbern     l-t,i-. 

The  American*  ahara  drii 

up     th*     kfauie     and     Haattta     naari 

threatening    the    roeinv     ■ 

tion  b*  eut-ejopment. 

Oarasany  ..  *tiii  dom;n*t*j  «* 
th*  let'itujlotinta.  but  reportt  ludt-ate 
ihat  the.  laKlattlta  ar*  ra;  ,.11..  m- 
•limine  control  of  Ihe  gm  r'nawia' 
four  tion*.     Fourteen    oot    of     J« 


■i  '*u  aud  i 
Allied  truop*  of  all  the  eountrie*  on  the  j 
west  bank  *f  th-   Rata* 

.Meanni.ii,.,  n  i  gaaraatf     of    good 

i  :-  rpattiO*    by    Ajttenean   and 

Tubleaa  and 

(."lOgne,    Ih,      |  ■  . 

l;hine,  with  a  .to  ktlomeier  radius  about 
■ 
On    IV    raai 
Itoopa  a.e  tj   ho  Jjraana   frata   i-triturs 


lie    eelcb.at.oii    of    the 

win      Nrpiitarawn    anrreader,    Ilia   offiriala    loday 

I  were  uawrHing  lo  eirn  diseuss  for   pub- 

of      Al»ae»     lieat.on   Lie   neit   atapa  to  be  taken   Is 

bar*,    Rutt.a.    .e.'ura,  ihe   frun.   uf    nctorv    and    make 

—      dei    i  future   wars,  at  least  on  so  vast  a  scale, 


'  —   war   had    I 


,    v  ,a  known. 
■Ml   "tlersnecs   of   Prrndei 
V.ilt.m     and     Ihe     premiers    snd     publi 
men    of   the    Allied    countries    all    hav 
*tu,l^c,|     by    Ihose    who 


Rtaata     , 

W.-.r   Machma  Must  Disaraa.    ' 

'■  ■  ■    ■  ■ 


tt   he   h*...|-.[   uvPr; 


l-v   1,,.    a. 

■ 


and   enginei   of  < 

Aoarrieaii   «n  I  a|[.«d   ptlson«(*  are  to 
■ 
■    ■ 
cut-,    and      tk»ui*iMJ4      ui      *rtuM 
irflsaa*   dragpwd   ..T   inta   alaier*   from 
.     .. 


.-!,., 


„■[.    ,|„., 


nee,        '!     nat  p« 
an   end  " 

,  ■  «rtaag>l   ' 


mu.l    plan    laa    mil    ttaf, 

lim*    or    ano(her*iho 
luu, I,.,, I     u)-on     oearlv 

aa  rl*      in.  lud'rd      in      the 

Tim  i.  particularly  true  of  President 
Wilson's  declaration,  whirl,  represent 
am  aaly  t.,,-  idea*  of  the  Ameneau  go* 
eniment,  but  fmm  fbalf  almo*l  Uo 
nualtaed  acceptance  by  Ika  Allied  pnw 
cr»,  may  be  regarded  a*  already  eoniti 
tat*a*J  the  frame  wmk  wbich  i«n  be 
■     m-.-i  —tr.      M 

r.iund  out   i.  romplele   fabric  of  peace 

Much   Planning  In  Ad  fane  a. 
This      framentirk     iu    all    probability, 
■nil    in  put    into   final   shape   b'    duvua- 
tioaa  among  Ihe  eh,tf,  ni    th,-   t  u  Mr, 
mi  paantra  kaaaj  bcfnrr  tho  repreaenla 
Uvea  ot  the  vaaeajfatapj.   pre  ,*iiej   it. 
asoaHSctlaM     af 
illelalad  la  th^m. 
■ 


rrH  . 


added 


:- 


Black    DtMster    lot    roe 

■■■■i-i.'.      ..ich    M      the 
■  i,.,im.i  p|p  prcta  but  vculcrtlsr 

ambilions    kagilll 


,|..i 
Th.te    wa>    a 

■ 
li 

ItattM    thing    , 


I   tSaUaa   i 

bad   pi 'i*i 


(Continued  on  Pi<*  it.  tol.  Ll 


(Oiarkaam  pa  Pag.  j,  Col   kj 


The  War  in  Brief 

■OaaT  t**>*' 

"I'll    «'-.nd    iiu    soasaeaa    ftam   th* 
United  S'i 

'■r*r**«tt«.  **  at*  bar*  " 
To  btU  with  Ih*  Kaiaaa  " 


'      pr..patcl.  Ihe  aallow 
r*1  pi't  n>  i 
i*d   a  ho* 

Itlcd   tu  grealetl   weight     prep*. 

■      ,     - 

it*  art    ,  ivati  i  J. 
Aaaanoa  Is  ',or«*a*d»4 
The    America*   goteraasent    i.i 
preparing 


•rkli 


.     Fur  mor 
work    a 


than 


l,...|y 


rlodipg    l.ui.ir.**".    dipln 
national    iWirr-    and      I 


e  empire  have  bacn  * 
followjaw  the  rai 
:   Kiel.     The   rl  ■■ 


,t>f* 
e-l  bt  Ihe 
ng  of  ih* 


and  tho  Socialist*  era  planamg  saopei 
Jtmg  in  formation  of  a  IttMMpVen- 
ment.  With  rtfaSbHtl  *cl  up  I*  Pai.im. 
Uailcn.      aVitrti  .ni  lira.       fatvnn.i      aid 

Sehlciwii:  Hul'le.n,    the    a.i.-u:  - 
pear   lo   be   .Infting   toward.   |    ■ 


Th- 

Fredcrick    Eb.  rl 
maker,  who  h  ni 

skip.  P.inc*  Matimilian  of  Bad 
former  chancellor,  waa  a  mete 
figure  aa  aelf  appuint 


tckv   w*.   itlH   rUt 

af/Germany.    The  f«n-o  ia 


Pot: 


a   lib 
Potsdam  Fall*  to   msoli*. 

aa*,    ihe    hew I    tl 

nj   Dolwrr'T   *n  r.-   M   ll 

k)1.|icm       Crt*-. 


DusscMnrf.     Mulkeim 
w.  re   hcl  1   hy  tei  otut, 

rnnnt    Krupp   von    Bi 
and    bi.  arid 
ead*   of 

Man  I 

kaiser    an, 


parti 


r  pr.neo 
mded. 
All  pictures  of  tho  form. 

om    public    places.      Parti 
Hindrnburg,        h*wgver, 


roodi 

Ukal     AnartgLtr     until 
'   Ihe   *lTO*g**t   *upport- r 

■-   atatat 


■ 

i   wurk,   M    F.s- 

nf  the  fo-aicr 
rra  aald    to  aa 

a   w*»   rep.j-r*-; 


"urhmen    and   eoldiert, 
hinp    K     undeli    Ihe    1      . 

Flag" 
The  food  situation  wai  beeoain.- 
*•'«  ia  Berlin  and  big  j^pola'  |,,n  .-  , 
r*  ou  arcou.'t  ol  the  gpaernj  ••■  -  ■ 
Nicb  had  tied  up  Ih"  ml t,i ills  an] 
brr  in.lu.i'i.  ■ 


•-i;.,t  i 


ad  i 


(Contmuea  aa  fag*  J,  CoU  i  ) 


ihl  be  Matlla*  C»»a*r. 
gtr  of  th»  Cat  had  k  parliaa,  Flu*  ,:  **• 

nd    It.rr   ,,.a    Rfcbtoff      The.-   -n-n 


Socialists  Urpe  Republic 
Government  for  Germany. 
M>d  pre**  • 
rVnatfi  III      I*!     11    --Pniiii.    aeitho-. 

■■ ' 


Appendix 


155 


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Appendix 


KAISER  FLEES  GERMANY 

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ARMISTICE  COURllR^^Mg'KSD 

REACHES !&  A?ESSs  SEIzfiBERUNf 
^^^SS-^   ASSISTED  BY  GARRISON 


SOLDIERS  JOIN  PEOPLE    ! 
AS  REDS  HOLD  BERLIN 


fj  THE  V^t  ^.[SOUVENIR 


^SsSYfll  ARMY 
ggSg  STARTS  DRIVE 
susses    IN  LORRAINE 


§3  ARMISTICE  TERMS  STRIPS 
GERMANY  OF  EVERY  POWER 
ON  LAND,  SEA  AND  IN  AIR 
~s:  POPE'S  LETTER 

;T7J~...  PAMGCC    A   D|H 

KRUPPS  THROWN  IN  JAIL  ccaic  ATinii 

„„„„„„„„„„   REDS  TAKE  GUN  WORKS  OtNoAllUN 

. POLES  FORM  REPUBLIC  

SrJrSTs:        IS  UNNOUNCEMENT  .=r-.T-~^-.:^  -™i-££S 


:■;--. -±  ■«=■.- 


DENVER  POST  WAR 


EXTRA 


WAR  IS  OVER 


GERMANY 
SURRENDE&S 

ACCEPTS  ARMISTICE  TERMS 

OFFICIALLY  ANNOUNCED  AT  WASHINGTON 

CIVILIZATION  TRIUMPHS  OVER  BARBARISM 
WHEN  BERLIN  CAPITULATES  PRACTICALLY 

UNCONDITIONALLY  TO  THE  U.  S.  AND  ENTENTE 

Washington,  Nov.  11.— Germany  has  capitulated.  With  her  allies  admittedly 
defeated,  her  own  armies  in  retreat,  her  borders  in  danger  of  invasion  and  the 
empire  in  the  throes  of  revolution,  Berlin  has  agreed  to  accept  the  armistice 
terms  of  the  entente  allies.  This  means  German  unconditional  surrender.  The 
announcement  of  Germany's  acceptance  of  the  conditions  handed  her  envoys 
by  General  Foch  was  made  here  officially. 


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Appendix 


157 


Songs  of  the  Day,  1914-19 


'N    EVERYTHING 

We've   got   a   mess   that   soaks   us  .beaucoup   francs 

For   everything. 
Our  mess  bill's  big-  enough  to  bust  three  banks 

'N    everything. 
And   though  we  dig  down   in  our  jeans 
All   we   ever   get   is   beans, 
For   food    that's    fancy,    we    go    to    Nancy, 
(For   food    and    also    other    things.) 
We've   got  a   cook    that   should   be   walking   guard 

'N    everything. 
I   think  he  boils  his   pies   in   Q.   M.   lard 

'N    everything. 
And   if   I   ever  break   away 
I'm    going   to   gorge   myself   each   day 
On   porterhouse   and   apple   pie   with   real   ice   cream 

'N  everything 

We've  got  a  dinky  stove  that  smokes  and  smokes, 

'N    everything. 
We've   got   a  guy   that   snores    (I   hope   he   chokes) 

'N   everything. 
Y'oughta   hear  us   cough   and   sneeze 
When   the  walls   let   in   the   breeze. 
Most    any    hour    an    icy    shower, 
Drips  on  our  bunks 

'N   everything. 
We've   got  a  floor  that's   full   of  cracks   and   nails 

'N   everything. 
We've   got   a  mascot   pup   that   howls   and   wails 

'N   everything. 
And  if  I  ever  leave  this  life, 
I'm    going    straight    home    to    my    wife. 
Where  we'll   have  a  lot  of  heat  and   rugs  and   tubs 

'N    everything. 


'N    Everything 
Bud  de  Sylvia,  Gus  Kahn  and  Al  Jolson 

She's  got  a  pair  of  eyes  that  speak  of  love  'n' 

Everything — 
She's    got   a   smile    like   angels   up   above   'n' 
Everything — 
The    little   birdies    start    to    sing — 
When    they   see    her    they   think    it's    Spring. 
Like    April    showers 
She   makes    the   flowers 
Just   seem    to   grow   and   Everything! 
She's   got   the   cutest   little   dimpled    hand    'n' 

Everything — 
A   pretty    finger   for   a   wedding   band    'n' 
Everything — • 
And   if   she'll   be  my   little   wife 
We'll    lead    the   simple   life. 
And   we'll    raise   a   lot   of   ducks   and    cows    and    geese   and 
Everything! 


George  Asaf 


PACK   UP    YOUR   TROIBUJS 

(G) 


Felix   Powell 


Private    Perks    went    a-marching    into    Flanders 

With    his   smile,   his   funny   smile. 
He    was    loved    by    all    the    privates    and    commanders, 

For  his   smile,   his   funny   smile. 
When  a  throng  of  Boches  came  along 

With    a    mighty    swing. 
Perks    yelled    out    "This    little    bunch    is    mine!" 
Keep   your   heads   down   boys    and    sing,    HI! 

Refrain 
Pack    up   your   troubles   in   your   old   kit   bag 

And   smile,   smile,    smile. 
While   you've   a   lucifer    to   light    your   fag. 

Smile,    boys,    that's    the    style. 

What's   the   use   of   worrying? 

It    never    was   worth    while,    so 
Pack   up   your  troubles   in  your  old   kit  bag 

And    smile,    smile,    smile! 

(Copyright    Francis    Day,    London) 
(Refrain    sung    by    the    girls    at    home) 
Raise   vegetables   in   your   own   back   yard 
And   smile,    smile,    smile, 
Take    up   your   spade   and   hoe 
And    work    right   hard. 
You'll    then   be   quite   in   style. 
What's   the   use    of   worrying 
It   never   is   worth   while; 

So   raise   vegetables   in   your  own   back   yard 
And   Smile,    Smile,    Smile! 


Jack  Judge 


TIPPERARY 

(Bb) 


Harry  Williams 


It's   a  long   way   to  Tipperary 

It's  a  long  way  to  go; 

It's    a    long    way    to    Tipperary, 

To   the   sweetest   girl    I    know! 

Good-bye,    Piccadilly. 

Farewell,    Leicester    Square. 

It's  a  long,   long  way   to   Tipperary, 

But    my    heart's    right    there! 

(Permission  Feldman,  London) 

ITS  A  LONG  WAY  TO  MERLIN,  BUT  WE'LL  GET  THERE! 

Arthur    Fields  Leon    Flatow 

It's   a   long  way   to   Berlin,   but   we'll   get   there 

Uncle   Sam    will    show   the    way. 
Over   the   line,    then   across   the    Rhine, 

Shouting   Hip!    Hip!    Hooray! 
We'll   sing  Yankee  Doodle   "Under  the  Linden" 

With    some   real    live   Yankee    Pep!    Hep! 
It's  a  long  way   to   Berlin,    but   we'll   get   there, 

And   I'm    on   my   way,    by   heck — by   heck. 


GOOD-BYE    BROADWAY,    HELLO    FRANCE! 

C.   Francis  Reisner  and  Benny  Davis  Billy  Baskette 

Good-bye   Broadway,    Hello    France, 

We're    ten   million    strong. 
Good-bye    sweethearts,    wives    and    mothers, 

It   won't   take   us   long. 
Don't    you    worry    while    we're    there, 
It's    for    you    we're    fighting    too. 

So     Good-bye    Broadway,     Hello     France, 

We're  going  to  square  our  debt  to  you. 


over  tii erf:: 


George  M.  Cohen 
Over  There,  Over  There! 
Send   the  word.   Send  the   word 
Over  There 
That   the   Yanks   are   coming,   the   Yanks   are  coming. 
The    drums    rum-tumming    everywhere. 

So    prepare.    Say   a    prayer. 
Send   the    word.   Send   the   word 

To    ibeware! 
We'll   be   over,  we're  coming  over, 
And   we  won't  be  back  till  it's  over.  Over  There! 


some\vhf:rk  in  france 


Philander  Johnson 


(D) 


Joseph  E.   Howard 


Somewhere    in    France   is   the   Lily 
Close   by   the    English    Rose: 
A  Thistle   so   keen,   and   a   Shamrock   green, 
And   each  loyal   fiow'r   that   grows. 
Somewhere   in   France   is   a   sweetheart, 

Facing   the   battle's   chance,        _  -        .    '  »„»«, 

For    the    fiow'r   of   our    youth    fights    for   freedom    and    truth 
Somewhere   in   France. 

(Copyright    Witmark,    New    York) 


Edgar  Leslie 


AMERICA    I    LOVE    YOU 

(C) 


Archie   Gottler 


America.    I   love   you. 

You're   like   a  sweetheart   of   mine, 

From    ocean    to    ocean, 

For    you    my    devotion 

Is   touching   each    bound'ry   line, 

Just   like   a   little    baby 

Climbing  its  mother's  knee, 

America.    I    love   you, 

And   there's   a   hundred   million   others   like   me. 


LONG  BOY. 


William  Herschel 

Good-by  Ma!    Good-by  Pa! 
Good-by  Mule,  with  yer  old  hee-haw! 

I  may  not  know  what  the  war's  about. 
But  you  bet,  bv  gosh,  I'll  soon  find  out. 

An',  O  my  sweetheart,  don't  you  fear, 
I'll  bring  you  a  king  for  a  souvenir; 

I'll  git  you  a  Turk,  an'  a  Kaiser,  too, 
An'   that's  about  all  one  feller  could  do! 


Barclay  Walker 


GOOD   MORNING   MR.   ZIP!   ZIP!   ZIP! 

Robert  Lloyd 
Army  Song  Leader 

Good  morning,  Mister  Zip-Zip-Zip, 
With  your  hair  cut  just  as  short  as  mine, 

Good  morning.  Mister  Zip-Zip-Zip, 
You're  surely  looking  fine! 

Ashes    to    ashes,    and    dust    to    dust. 
If  the  Camels  don't  get  you,   the  Fatimas   must, 

Good    morning,    Mister    Zip-Zip-Zip, 
With    your    hair    cut    just    as    short    as, 

Your   hair   cut   just   as    short   as, 
Your   hair   cut  just   as   short   as   mine. 


BULLY  BEEF'  SONG. 

(From    175th    Infantry    Brigade    Show) 

You've    heard    many    songs    about    the    boys    overe    here. 

Your   Broadway    hit    tells    of    heroes    bold. 

But   here's   one    from   us   boys   on   the   line. 

The   thought   »f   you   who   remain   at   home   is 

Where   is  my  boy  to-night? 

Chorus: 

Bully    Beef,    Bully    Beef, 
The   guy  that  canned   that  stuff   was  sure  a   thief, 

We   left   our   hearts    and   home 

Beyond   the   briny    foam. 
But   why.   Oh.    why,   feed    us   Bully   Beef! 

We    like    to    fight    the    Hun, 
■        We've   put   him   on   the   run. 
We   even   made   him   can   his   chief. 

We   seldom   make   a   fuss. 

But    is    it    really   fair   to    us 
To  feed  us,  feed  us  "Par  Bon"  Bully  Beef? 
Bread   isn't   bad   when   it's   nine   day   old. 
And    prunes   will    just    get    by. 
Corn's   not   bad   when    it's   served    in   a   pinch 
And   from  bacon   we  do  not  shy. 

Even    goldfish    and    raisins    go    down    with    a    gulp 
As  we  carry  on   this  fight. 


158 


Appendix 


KBBP    THE     HOME    FIRES    BURNIXi 

Lena  Guilbert   Ford  (P)  Ivor   Novello 

Tiny    were    summoned    from    the    hillside. 
Tin  y    wore    called    in    from    the    glen, 
And    the    Country    found    them    ready 
At    the    stirring    call    for   men. 
Let    no    tears    add    to    their    hardship, 
As    the    Soldiers    pass    along, 
And    although    your    heart    is    breaking. 
Make   it   sing   this   cheery    song. 

Keep    the    Home-fires    burning. 
While  your  hearts  are  yearning, 
Though    your    lads    are    far    away 
They    dream    of    Home; 
There's    a    silver    lining 
Through    the    dark    cloud    shining. 
Turn    the    dark    cloud    inside    out, 
Till   the    boys   come   Home. 

Over   seas   there   came   a   pleading, 
"Help   a   Nation    in   distress?" 
And    we    gave    our    glorious    laddies; 
Honour    bade    us   do    no   less. 
For  no   gallant   Son   of  Britain 
To   a   foreign    yoke   shall    bend. 
And    no    Englishman    is    silent 
To    the    sacred    call    of    Friend. 
(Permission    Ascherberg    Hopwood   and   Crew.    London) 


I    WANXA    GO    HOME 
The    Observer'*    Lament 

I   want   to   go   home, 

I  want  to  go   home, 
The    Pfaltzes,    they    murder. 

The    Fokkers    they    kill. 
If    the    Rumplers    don't    get    you    the 
Albatross  will. 

Take    me   over   the   sea 
Where    the    Huns    can't    get    after    me, 

Oh   my,    I'm    too    young    to    die. 

I   want  to  go  home, 
I   want   to   go   home, 

I   want   to   go   home. 

The   gas   tank    is   leaking. 

The   motor   is   dead, 
The   pilot   is   trying   to   stand   on   his   In  ad. 

I   don't   want   to  fly   upside   down 
I    wish    I   were   safe   on    the   ground, 

Oh    my,    I'm    too   young   to    die, 
I   want   to   go   home. 


DARLING,    I    AM    COMING    BACK 

Darling,    I    am    coming    back — silver 

threads    among    the    black — 
Now    that   peace    in    Europe   hears   I'll   be 

home    in    seven    years. 
I'll    drop    in    on    you    some    night,    with    my 

whiskers   long   and    white, 
Home   again    with    you   once   more — say 

by   nineteen   twenty   four. 

Once  I   thought   by   now   I'd   be   sailing 

back    across   the    sea, 
Back   to   where   you   sit   and    pine — but   I'm 

heading   for    the    Rhine. 
You    can   hear   the   M.    P.'s    curse.     "War 

is    hell,    but   Peace    is   worse." 
When    the    next    war    comes — oh,    well — 

I'll    rush   in,   I   will    like   hell. 


I    WANT    TO    GO    BACK    TO    MICHIGAN 

Irving  Berlin 

I   want  to  go  back.   I   want   to   go   back, 

1    want  to  go  back   to   the  farm. 

Far   away    from    harm, 

With  a  milk  pail   on   my  arm; 

I    miss    the    rooster, 

The   one    that    useter 

Wake    me    up    at    four    A.    M. 

I    think    your   great    big   city's    very    pretty, 

Nevertheless    I    want    to    be    there, 

I   want   to   see   there 

A    certain    some    one    full    of    charm 

That's   why   I  wish   again 

That    I    was    in   Michigan, 

Down   on   the   farm. 

(Permission 


Feldman.     London) 


Alfred    Bryan 


JOAN    OK    ARC 
(G) 


Jack    Wells 


BON    SOIR 

"Bon    soir,    mademoiselle. 

Comment    allez-vous?" 
"Mol.    je    suis    tres    bien,    monsieur, 

Comment     allez-vous?" 
"Voulez-vous  prom'ner  avec  moi?" 

"Certainement,    m'sieur." 
"Treize    beans,    mademoiselle, 

Where   do   we   go   from   here?" 


Joan    of    Arc,    Joan    of    Arc, 

Do  your  eyes,  from  the  skies,  see  the  foe? 

Don't   you   see   the    drooping   Fleur-de-Lis? 

Can't  you   hear  the   tears   of  Normandy? 

Joan  of  Arc,  Joan   of  Arc, 

Let    your   spirit    guide    us    through; 

Come,    lead    your    France    to    victory, 

Joan    of    Arc,    they're    calling   you. 

(Copyright   Waterson,    Berlin   and    Snyder.   N. 


Y.) 


Some  A.  E.  F.   Verse 


WHY    WASTE    WORDS! 

"And  so  you  learned  French  thoroughly  while  over  there, 
son?''  said  the  proud  father  of  the  returned  soldier. 

"Sure!  I  got  so  I  could  say  'Hello'  and  'Good-night'  and 
order  ham  and  eggs,  and  I  could  ask  a  fellow  to  lend  me 
money  and  tell  a  girl  I  loved  her  hetter'n  anything,  and  that's 
all  a  fellow  needs  in  any  language." 

"IE    PKINTKMI'S    EST    ICI»' 

Spring  is  here  all  right. 

'Cause  all  the  French  girls  are  wearin'  their  straw  hats  an' 
their  flimsy  shirtwaists; 

An'  yesterday  a  guy  paid  us  five  francs  that  we  never  ex- 
pected to  see  again  ; 

An'  another  gimmick  offered  to  buy  a  drink,  but  we  were 
all  so  surprised  that  he  got  out  'fore  we  could  say  "cognac." 

An'  all  the  French  girls  arc  wearin'  their  straw  hats  and 
their — Oh — yea,  we  said  that  once. 

Well,  there's  a  husted  window,  whal  ain't  paid  for  yet.  in 
back  of  the  hall  field. 

An'  a  hunch  of  the  fellows  'a'  got  sore  arms  and  are 
limpin'  a  little. 

An'  the  sun's  out  a  lot  more,  an'  everybody's  smilin'  even 
though  mail  is  few. 

An'  snorin'  in  some  o'  the  classes  is  loudcr'n  ever. 

An'  all  the  French  girls  are  wearin' — 

Well,  you  get  us ! 

Spring  is  came,  an'  that's  all  there  is  to  it. — Lorraine  Sen- 
tinel (Students,  University  of  Nancy). 


LAMENT    OF   THE    SIX-THIRDS 

Sometimes  I  wisli  I  was  hack  as  a  buck  again. 

Just  a  plain  rear-rank- Yank  all  outa  luck  again, 

Hobnails  and  wraps  and  my  shoulder  straps  bare, 

All  very  fine,  "place  reserved  for  the  officers" 

"Quel  vin,  messieurs?"  and  "Liqueur  with  your  coffee,  sirs.- 

Any  real  guy  would  be  glad  to  pull  off  his  spurs 

Meet  his  old  buddies  and  say,  "Put  her  there  !" 

It  isn't  that  we  can"t  get  by  with  the  best  of  them, 

Most  are  good  scouts — but  you  know  the  rest  of  them — 

Colonel  or  buck,  if  he's  square  why,  who  cares? 

True  the  Sam  Browne  makes  a  hit  with  the  petticoat. 

But  it  costs  him  four  times  when  he  pauses  to  wet  his  throat 

Any  real  guy  will  admit  it  will  yet  his  goat 

Playing  him  loose  for  the  trinkets  he  wears. 

Course  we  are  proud  for  the  sake  of  the  folks  at  borne, 
(They  aren't   familiar  with  all  the  rough  jokes  at  home 
Poked  at  the  shavetails  in  every  fresh  crop.) 
So  sometimes  1  wish  I  was  back  in  the  ranks  again, 
Roughing  it,  bluffing  it,   for  nobody's  thanks  ai>ain. 
One  of  the  hell-may-care  two  million   Yanks  again, 
Friends  with  the  world  and  me  sitt'ng  on  tup! 


Private-  X  says  that,  roughly  speaking,  one  soldier  out  of 
a  hundred  is  in  the  guardhouse.  Roughly  speaking  is  what  does 
it. — Gandy  Dancer  ( 14th  Company,  Transportation  Corps,  14th 
Grand  Division). 


si  gG'KstIon   I'lill   COLLEGE   YELL 

Avez-vous  dtt  tabac? 
Avez-vous  dn  tabac? 

Donnez-moi ! 

Donnei-moi ! 
RF.XXFS! 

As  You  Were  (Students.  University  of  Rennes). 


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Appendix 


161 


Members  of  School  Party 


Following  is  a  complete  list  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  made  up  the  school  detachment  of  the  advance  party  which  left 
Camp  Dodge  July  25,  1918,  being  the  first  troop  movement  of  the  88th  Div.  to  France.  The  names  of  the  advance  detachment  of 
the  advance  party  (billeting,  embarking,  etc.)  are  given  in  the  main  story  of  the  Division,  in  the  portion  devoted  to  the  arrival 
at  Semur.  This  list  is  given  in  Orders  No.  3,  Confidential,  Hq.  88th  Div.,  dated  July  24,  1918,  which  directed  that  the  members 
proceed  to  Camp  Upton,  N.  Y.,  equipped  for  extended  overseas  field  service,  "reporting  upon  arrival  to  the  Commanding  Gen- 
eral for  special  training  abroad,"  words  that  had  more  real  thrill  in  them  than  anything  the  recipients  had  received  before: 


To  attend  Field  Officers'  School  (In- 
fantry). 

Major   Anan   Raymond,   349th   Inf. 
Major  John  M.   H.  Nichols,   349th  Inf, 
Major   Edward  C.  Rose,   350th  Inf. 
Major  Bertram  G.  Dickinson,   350th  Inf. 
Major  Harry    F.   Evans,   351st  Inf. 
Major  Robert  P.  Robinson,  351st  Inf. 
Major  George  H.   Russ,   Jr.,   352nd  Inf. 
Major  Ivan  J.  Kipp,   352nd  Inf. 

To  attend  Company,  Platoon  and  Sec- 
tion Commander  School  (Rifle  Com- 
panies   Infantry). 

Capt.  Darney  W.  Gill,  349th  Inf. 
Capt.  Henry  A.  House,   350th   Inf. 
Capt.  Charles  W.   Blanding,  351st  Inf. 
Capt.   Albert   D.   Vaughan,   352nd   Inf. 
1st  Lt.   Kenneth    C.  Healy,    349th   Inf. 
1st  Lt.  James  L.  Monson,  349th  Inf. 
1st  Lt.  John   L   Peterson,   349th   Inf. 
1st  Lt.   Charles  P.  Lynch,  350th   Inf. 
1st.  Lt.   J.  Ray  Fridley,  350th  Inf. 
1st  Lt.    Frank   O.   West,   350th   Inf. 
1st  Lt.  Edward   F.   Kovar,   351st  Inf. 
1st  Lt.  Carrol  B.  Martin.  351st  Inf. 
1st  Lt.  Carleton  M.  Magoun,  351st  Inf. 
1st  Lt.  Edward  L.  Hyde,  352  Inf. 
1st  Lt.  Paul   G.  Dalcar,  352  Inf. 
1st  Lt.  Walter  J.  Barngrover,  352nd  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Fred  M.  Hall,  349th  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Walter  J.  Banish,   349th  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.   Albert  J.   Robertson,   350th  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Harold  E.  Meyer,  350th  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Stephen  A.  Swisher,  351st  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Irving  W.   Benolken,   351st  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Maurice  E.   Horn,  352nd  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Clifford  C.  Rice,  352nd  Inf. 
Sgt.   Chester  Weiderquist,    Co.   D,   349th 
Inf. 

Sgt.   Roy  M.   Esmond,   Co.   F,   349th  Inf. 

Sgt.   Carl    H.   Rose,   Co.   I,   349th   Inf. 

Sgt.   Hugh  I  Brandon,  Co.  B,   350th  Inf. 

Sgt.    August   E.    Hartwig,   Co.    H,    350th 
Inf. 

Sgt.  James  McKee,  Co.  L,  350th   Inf. 
Sgt.  William  H.  Vase,  Co.   L,   351st  Inf. 
Sgt.   Frank  L.  Pingka,  Co.  B,  351st  Inf. 
Sgt.  Oliver  P.   Tripp,  Co.   G,   351st  Inf. 
Sgt.  Albert  T.  Everett,  Co.  D,  352nd  Inf. 
Sgt.  Leslie  R.  Caylor,  Co.  F,  352nd  Inf. 
Sgt.  Torger  O.  Kraabel,  Co.  I,  352nd  Inf. 
To  attend  Trench  Mortar  and   37   mm 
School       (From       Headquarters       Com- 
panies). 

2nd  Lt.  Thomas  W.  Hatton,  349th  Inf. 
1st  Lt.  Ira  J.  Houghton,   350th  Inf. 
2nd   Lt.   Walter  F.   Day,   351st  Inf. 
2nd  Lt.  Alfred  B.  Davis,  352nd  Inf. 

From     349th    Infantry    Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.   Hugh  C.  Vickers. 
Sgt.   Forrest  A.   Cochran. 
Sgt.  Jules  V.  Cool. 
Sgt.  Theodore  W.   Brandt. 

From     350th     Infantry    Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.  John  J.  Sullivan. 
Sgt.  Erie  F.  Schroeder. 
Sgt.  Alvin  C.  Johnson. 
Sgt.   Robert  W.  Frey. 


From     351st     Infantry     Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.  James  M.  Waters. 
Sgt.   Leonard  W.  Melander. 
Sgt.   Bert    D.   Worlitseck. 
Sgt.   Clarence  J.    Bachmann. 

From     352nd    Infantry    Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.   Glenn  A.   Smith. 
Sgt.  James  P.  Kirkpatrick. 
Sgt.  Walter  A.  Hamerback. 
Sgt.  Talmage  Hughes. 

To  attend  Signal   School.      (Infantry). 
(From    Headquarters    Companies). 
1st  Lt.  Arthur  F.  Leslie,  349th  Infantry. 
2nd   Lt.  Arnold  C.  Forbes,   350th  Infan- 
try. 
1st  Lt.  Paul  F.  Schlick,  351st  Infantry. 
2nd  Lt.  Tom  D.  Nelson,  352nd  Infantry. 

From     349th    Infantry     Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.  Max  H.  Boydson. 
Sgt.   Charles   G.   Boyd. 

From     350th     Infantry     Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.  Octaaf  X.  G.   DeVolder. 
Sgt.  Russell  R.  Hayes. 

From     351st     Infantry     Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.  William  J.  Curley. 
Sgt.   Joseph   F.   Kersten. 

From    352nd    Infantry    Headquarters 
Company. 

Sgt.   Edward  W.   Sears. 

Sgt.  Hilding   E.   Safstrom. 

To   attend    Machine   Gun   School. 

Capt.  Signor  J.  Seevers,  337th  M.  G.  Bn. 

Capt.   Raymond   A.  Scallen,   338th   M.   G. 
Bn. 

Capt.  Marshall  D.  Jones,  339th  M.  G.  Bn. 

1st  Lt.  John  A.  Buxton,  337th  M.  G.  Bn. 

1st  Lt.  John  B.  McClintock,   338th  M.  B. 
Bn. 

1st   Lt.    Roland   E.   Barron,    339th   M.   G. 
Bn. 

1st  Lt.  John  H.  Guthrie,  349th  Infantry. 

1st    Lt.    Winfield    O.    Shrum,    350th    In- 
fantry. 

1st  Lt.   Charles  T.  John,   351st  Infantry. 

1st    Lt.    Richard   A.    Russell,    352nd    In- 
fantry. 

2nd  Lt.  Harrison  R.  Johnston,  337  M.  G. 
Bn. 

2nd  Lt.  Thomas  C.  Kasper,  337  M.  G.  Bn. 

2nd   Lt.  Lawrence  L.  Murphy,   338  M.  G. 
Bn. 

2nd  Lt.  Paul  W.  Frengel,  338  M.  G.  Bn. 

2nd   Lt.  Louis  T.   Orlady,   338  M.   G.   Bn. 

2nd   Lt.   George   W.   Prichard,   338   M.   G. 
Bn. 

2nd  Lt.  Roy  R.  Van  Duzee,  339  M.  G.  Bn. 

2nd   Lt.  James  E.   Stevenson,   339    M.   G. 
Bn. 

2nd  Lt.  James  T.  Clancy,  33S  M.  G.  Bn. 

2nd  Lt.  Henry  R.  Murphy.  339  M.  G.  Bn. 

2nd  Lt.  James  T.  Spillane,  349th  Inf. 

2nd  Lt.  Merle  A.  Heath,   350th  Inf. 

2nd  Lt.  Paul  A.   Goodman,  351st  Inf. 

2nd   Lt.   Carrold   A.   Iverson,   352nd    Inf. 
From    337    M.   G.   Bn. 

Sgt.   George   Menzie,    Co.   A. 

Sgt.  Ray  E.  Duer,  Co.  A. 


Sgt.  Clarence  F.  Nelson,  Co.   A. 
Sgt.  Doyd  A.  Hensley,  Co.  B. 
Sgt.   George    Fraseur,    Co.   B. 
Sgt.   John   A.  Grande,  Co.   B. 

From   338th  M.  G.  Bn. 
Sgt.  Albert  L.  McBride,  Co.  A. 
Sgt.  Elva  N.  Leach,  Co.   A. 
Sgt.  Willie  Easterling,  Co.  A. 
Sgt.   Francis  Skarclid,   Co.    B. 
Sgt.  Carl  W.  Ferree,  Co.  B. 
Sgt.  Peter  Roche,  Co.  B. 
Sgt.   James  T.   Conover,   Co.  C. 
Sgt.   Walter  W.    Brown,   Co.   C. 
Sgt.   John   E.   Tucker,   Co.  C. 
Sgt.  Toliver  E.  Steinhauser,    Co.   D. 
Sgt.   Michael   M.   Crowley,  Co.   D. 
Sgt.  Homer  L.  Ankeney,  Co.  D. 

From  339  M.   G.  Bn. 
Sgt.  Wyman   H.   Shumaker,  Co.    A. 
Sgt.  Malcolm  M.  White,  Co.  A. 
Sgt.   Irving  C.  Boucher,    Co.   A. 
Sgt.    Benson   Hatfield,   Co.    B. 
Sgt.  Irving  H.  Schmidt,  Co.  B. 
Sgt.  Charles  O.  Miller,  Co.  B. 
Sgt.   Homer  A.  Chase,  Co.  C. 
Sgt.  Archie  L.  Kendall. 
Sgt.  Maurice  H.  Weddell,  Co.   C. 
Sgt.  William  P.  Caftrey,  Co.  D. 
Sgt.  Verne  G.  Watson.  Co.  D. 
Sgt.  Ambrose  Fogarty. 

From  349  Inf.  M.  G.  Co. 
Sgt.    Glenn  M.   Ricketts. 
Sgt.    Delbert   Emory. 
Sgt.  Charles  F.  Ives. 

From  350th  Infantry  M.  G.   Company. 
Sgt.  George  W.  Kanak. 
Sgt.   Robert   D.   Kennedy. 
Sgt.  Archie  D.  Wood. 

From   351st  Infantry   M.  G.   Company. 
Sgt.  Stanley  J.  Scott. 
Sgt.   Verne    E.   Rogers. 
Sgt.  Vincent   P.  Dudley. 

From  352nd  Infantry  M.  G.  Company. 
Sgt.   Floyd  C.    Fuller. 
Sgt.    Edward   W.   Madison. 
Sgt.  Viking  Ramsing. 

To  attend  Field   Officers'   School    (Ar- 
tillery). 

Major  H.   R.  Freeman.   337th   F.  A. 
Major  C.  L.  Ames,  338th   F.  A. 
Major  H.  De  F.   Burlick,   339th  F.  A. 

To     attend     Wireless     or     Telephone 
School    (Artillery). 
1st    Lt.    Donald    S.    Leslie,    163rd    F.    A, 

Brig. 
2nd  Lt.  Willard   M.   Folsom,  338th  F.  A. 
1st  Lt.   Carrold  E.  Lewis,   339th   F.  A. 
2nd  Lt.  Harry  W.  Trump,  339th  F.  A. 
2nd  Lt.   Willard  H.  Ray,  338th  F.  A. 
2nd  Lt.  Glen  Ireland,  337th  F.  A. 
2nd   Lt.  Gustaf  R.  Nelson,  339th  F.  A. 
2nd  Lt.  Robert  Schmidt,   337th  F.  A. 

To    attend    Aerial    Observers'    School 
(Artillery). 

1st   Lt.  Howard  G.  Mealey,   337th   F.   A. 
1st  Lt.  Miles  H.  McNally,  337th  F.  A. 
1st  Lt.  Edward  H.  Keating,  339th  F.  A. 
1st  Lt.  Junius  Oldham,  339th  F.  A. 


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Appendix 


To  attend  Reconnaissance  or  Orientur 
School   (Artillery). 

From   337th   Field  Artillery. 
1st  Lt.  John  D.   Matz. 
1st  Lt.  Carl  H.  Gewalt. 
1st  Lt.  Dabney  G.  Miller. 
2nd   Lt.   Harold  T.  Landeryou. 

From   338th   Field  Artillery. 
Capt.    Stanley   Hawks. 
1st  Lt.  Robert  A.  Gardner. 
2nd  Lt.  Yale  D.  Hills. 
2nd.Lt.  Robert  E.  Cummings. 

From   339th   Field   Artillery. 
Capt.  Wheelock  Whitney. 
Capt.  Donald  B.  Gilchrist. 
1st   Lt.  Neil  C.  Head. 
1st  Lt.  Richard  R.  Cook. 

To   attend   School    for   Instruction    in 
Firing  (Artillery). 

From   337th   F.  A. 
Capt.  Richard  W.  Redfield. 
Capt.  Benjamin  F.  Brundred. 
Capt.  Ceylon  A.  Lyman. 
Capt.  Walter  J.   Kennedy. 
Capt.  Jesse  E.  Maxley. 
Capt.   Raymond   T.   Benson. 
1st  Lt.  James  A.  Cathcart. 

From   338th  F.   A. 
Capt.  Arthur  M.  Hartwell. 
Capt.   Howard  Quinlan. 
Capt.   Howard   M.   Baldrige. 
Capt.   Perry  L.  Dean. 
Capt.  Thomas  G.  Harrison. 
Capt.  Carl  S.  Willis. 
1st  Lt.   Springer   H.   Brooks. 

From  339th   F.  A. 
Capt.  Kendall  Winship. 
Capt.  Donald  K.  Hudson. 
Capt.  Lawrence  G.  Tighe. 
Capt.  Earl  C.  Maul. 
Capt.  Tom  W.  McClelland. 
1st  Lt.  George  T.  McDermott. 

To   attend   School   for    Instruction    in 
Material    (Artillery). 

From   337   F.  A. 
Cpl.   Charles   R   Wade,    Bty.   A. 
Mechanic  Harry  W.   Nelson,  Bty.   D. 
Chief  Mechanic  Albert  E.   Mosher,   Bty. 

F. 
Ord.   Sgt.  Austin  E.   Punt,  Or.  Det. 
Cpl.  William  O.  Rux,  Ord.  Det. 
Cpl.  Rella  J.  Rondorf,  Ord.  Det. 
Pvt.   Eugene  C.  High,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.   1st  CI.   Joseph  G.   Iverson,   Bty.  B. 
Cpl.  Alfred  M.  Brandt,  Bty.  C. 
Cpl.  John  A.  Gibbs,  Bty.   E. 

From  338th  F.   A. 
Cpl.  Alex  Steckler,  Ord.  Det. 
Sgt.  Alfred  W.  Sabbe,  Bty.  A. 
Chief    Mechanic    Walter    G.    Peterson, 

Bty.  C. 
Chief  Mechanic  Carl  J.  Dee,  Bty.  D. 
Chief    Mechanic   George    A.    Woodward, 

Bty.  E. 
Sgt.  Bernard  J.  Cleary,   Bty.  B. 
Sgt.  R.  G.  Abelein,  Bty.  A. 


Pvt.   1st  CI.   Floyd  W.  Cofell,   Ord.    Det. 
Mechanic   Charles   J.   Streit,   Bty.    B. 
Pvt.   Francis  A.   Davis,   Bty.   F. 

From  339th  F.  A. 
Sgt.  Chase  R.  Moore,  Ord.   Det. 
Chief  Mechanic  John  Erickson,   Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Walter  J.  Dunn,  Bty.  B. 
Sgt.  Ross  W.  Moore,  Bty.  D. 
Mechanic  Roy  E.  Webster,   Bty.  F. 
Cpl.   Edward  Thomsen,   Ord.   Det. 
Sgt.  Archie  Pixley,  Bty.  A. 
Wag.   Robert  R.  Stevens,  Bty.  C. 
Pvt.   Francis  W.  Rohan,  Bty.  E. 
Ord.    Sgt.   Oscar  Lindgren,   Ord.   Det. 

To    attend   School    for    Instruction    in 
Wireless    (Artillery). 

From  Hq.  Det.   163rd  F.  A.  Brig. 
Sgt.   Frederick    M.   Dodge. 
Pvt.  1st  CI.  Leo  C.  Sherry. 

From  337th  F.  A. 
Sgt.   Theodore   T.   Holt,  Bty.   D. 
Pvt.  Henry  Moore,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  Jacob  H.   Euston,  Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.  William  Evans,  Bty.   F. 
Sgt.  James  J.  Carriveau,  Bty.   B. 
Cpl.  Roberts  G.  Pollock,  Hq.  Co. 

From   338th  F.   A. 
Cpl.  Joseph  A.  Soberg,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  Charles  J.  Carroll,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  Joel  F.  Scott,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.   Charles  J.   Faes,   Hq.   Co. 
Pvt.  Harry  K.  Angel,  Hq.  Co. 

From   339th   F.   A. 
Sgt.  Thomas  J.  Wilson,   Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Frank  W.  Strohm,  Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.   Fred   A.   Raasch,    Hq.   Co. 
Pvt.  Mark  P.   Ingalls,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.   Joseph  W.  Salmon,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  John  E.   Ellis,  Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.  Emmett  M.  Clark,  Hq.  Co. 

To   attend    School    for    Instruction   in 
Telephone    (Artillery). 

From  Hq.  Det.   163rd  F.  A.   Brig. 
Cpl.  Marion  G.  Brashear. 
Pvt.    1st  CI.   Paul  G.   Benson. 

From   337th  F.   A. 
Sgt.  George  J.  Fischer,  Bty.  C. 
Cpl.  Harold  B.  Curtis,  Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.   Harry  Pieper,  Bty.  E. 
Pvt.   1st.  CI.  Herman  H.  Lark,  Bty.  D'. 
Pvt.    William   W.  Mulhall,   Hq.  Co. 

From   338th   F.   A. 
Bn.    Sgt.  Maj.   Arthur  H.   Eick,   Hq.   Co, 
Sgt.  Henrick  A.  Andal,   Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.  Earl  E.  Miller,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  Claude  Richmond,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  Arlie  M.  Holmes,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.   Emil  W.  Volske,  Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Chester  M.  Beck,  Bty.  C. 

From   339th  F.  A. 
Cpl.  Fred  A.  Klein,  Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Olan  B.  Monroe,  Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Earl  R.  Grauf,  Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.   Charles   Grant,   Hq.   Co. 
Cpl.  Foster  M.   French,   Hq.   Co. 
Cpl.  Harold   Maddox,   Hq.   Co. 


To  attend  School  in  Observation   and 
Liaison    (Artillery). 

From  Hq.  Det.  163rd  F.  A.  Brig. 
Cpl.   Winfleld    Woodings. 
Cpl.  Guy  B.   Hunner. 

From  337th  F.  A. 
Sgt.   Charles  H.    Davis,  Bty.    B. 
Sgt.  Julius  E.   Sessing,  Bty.  Co. 
Sgt.  Rae  Ashton,  Bty.  E. 
Cpl.   Thomas   H.   Brandon,   Bty.   F. 
Sgt.   Clarence   E.    Medcalf,   Bty.   D. 
Pvt.  Erwin  L.  Moses,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  William  J.   Berry,  Bty.  A. 

From  338th  F.  A. 
Sgt.  James  E.  Ebersole,  Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.   Jerome  P.   Forbes,  Hq.  Co. 
Pvt.  Walter  Buhman,  Bty.  F. 
Pvt.   Harold   P.   Krause.   Hq.   Co. 
Pvt.  Ona  L.  Dowler,  Hq.   Co. 
Pvt.  Albert  L.  Tuttle,  Bty.  D. 

From    339th    F.   A. 
Sgt.  Lester  Howard,  Hq.  Co. 
Cpl.  James  E.  Finch,  Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Fred  J.  Bates,  Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Arnold  Ranch,  Hq.  Co. 
Sgt.  Earl  H.  Rauch,  Hq.  Co. 

To  attend  Field  Officers'  Course   (En- 
gineers). 
Lt.    Col.     George     W.    Rathjens,     313th 

Engis. 

To      attend     Company      Commanders' 
Course    (Engineers). 

From  313th   Engineers. 
Capt.  Gordon  Butler. 
Capt.   Alex   M.   Thompson. 
1st   Lt.    Ivan   R.   Bickelhaupt. 
1st  Lt.  Lee  R.  Boyd. 

To  attend  Pioneer  and  Sapper  Course 
(Engineers). 

From  313th  Engineers. 
1st  Lt.  Kenneth  Urquhart. 
1st  Lt.   Joseph   W.  Anderson. 
1st  Lt.  Eldreth  L.  Sawyer. 
1st  Lt.   Gerhard  W.   Gunderson. 
1st  CI.   Sgt.  John   S.   Zimmerman. 
1st  CI.  Sgt.  Arthur  P.  Campbell. 
1st  CI.   Sgt.  Neal  A.  Beaton. 
1st   CI.   Sgt.    James  H.   McMillan 
1st  CI.  Sgt.  Elmer  C.  Clothier. 
1st  CI.   Sgt.   Francis  C.  Krahl. 

From  313th   Field  Signal  Battalion. 
1st  Lt.   Dwight  A.  Montgomery. 
2nd  Lt.  Wendell  H.  Snyder. 
2nd  Lt.  Harold  E.  Miner. 

From    313th    Sanitary   Train. 
-    Major  Warner  G.  Workman,  M.  R.  C. 
Major  Harry  X.  Cline,  M.  R.  C. 
Capt.  Foy  J.  M.  Ernest.  M.  R.  C. 
Capt.  Frank  D.  Ryder,  M.  R.  C. 
Capt.  Royal  C.  Danley,  M.  R.  C. 
Capt.   Garver  F.   Parker,  M.  R.  C. 
1st  Lt.   Lyford  H.  Webb,   M.   R.  C. 
1st  Lt.  Charles  F.  Shook,  M.  R.  C. 
1st  Lt.   William  D.  Middleton.   M.   C.   U. 

S.  A. 
1st  Lt.  George  W.  Snyder,  M.  C.  V.  S.  A. 


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Roster  of  the  337th  F.  A. 


FIELD   AND   STAFF. 

Col.  George  R.  Greene,  U.  S.  A.,  com- 
manding. 

Lt.  Col.  H.  R.  Freeman,  c/o  National 
Supply  Co.,  Union  Bank  Bldg.,  Pitts- 
burgh,   Pa. 

Major  P.  C.  Lyman,  c/o  Bartlett,  Fra- 
zier  Co.,  306  Flour  Exchange,  Minne- 
apolis. 

Major  Richard  W.  Redfleld,  Minnesota 
Loan   &   Trust   Co.,   Minneapolis. 

Major   B.   F.   Brundred,   Oil   City,   Pa. 

Major  W.  L.  Hoffman,  1521  W.  9th  St., 
Des   Moines,   la. 

Major  W.  H.  Kennedy,  c/o  Wells 
Dickey  Co.,  Minneapolis. 

Capt.  Eugene  S.  Bibb,  1038  Security 
Bldg.,   Minneapolis,  Adjutant. 

Capt.  W.  F.  Hagerman,  Morris,  Minn., 
Personnel   Officer. 

Capt.  R.  T.  Benson,  c/o  Agricultural 
College,   Ames,   la.,   Bn.   Adjt. 

Capt.  M.  S.  Robb,  2545  Blaisdell  Ave., 
Minneapolis,    Bn.    Adjt. 

Capt.  S.  W.  Rider,  222  Groveland  Ave., 
Minneapolis,    Bn.    Adjt. 

Lt.  Earl  B.  Clark,  Chaplain,  Bushnell, 
Nebr. 


MEDICAL,   DETACHMENT. 

Capt.    W.    E.    Anthony,    105    N.    Market 

St.,    Ottumwa,    la. 
Capt.  James  H.  Burns,  Carrolton,  111. 
Lt.  F.  M.   Phillips,  Xenia,  111. 
Lt.     J.     L.     Minor,     1338     27th     St.,     Des 

Moines,   la. 
(Complete    Medical    Detch.    Roster    Un- 
available.) 


HEADQUARTERS    COMPAN1, 

Nichols,    John    S.,    Capt.,    2530    Portland 

Ave.,   Minneapolis.   Minn. 
Hanzlik  Milo  O.,  1st  Lt.,  529  Brown  St., 

Iowa  City,   la. 
Wagner,   Elmer  C.   L.,   1st  Lt.,   207   New 

England  Bldg.    Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Wicks,    Ralph    W.,    1st   Lt.,    804    W.   9th 

St.,   Anderson,   Ind. 
Bainbridge,   Alexander   G.,    2d   Lt.,    2620 

Hennepin   Ave      Minneapolis,    Minn. 
Ballinger,   Earl  A.,   2d   Lt.,   Spring  Val- 
ley, Minn. 
Chambers,  Harry  D.,  2d  Lt.,  3140  Steiner 

St.,   San  Francisco. 
Jardine,  Archie  W.,  2d  Lt.,  730  19th  St., 

Des  Moines,  la. 
Mills,    Carroll   C,    2d    Lt.,    So.,    2d    Ave., 

Sioux  Falls,  S.  D. 
Severin,    Claude  L.,   2d  Lt..   19  Harrison 

Ave.,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 
Stephanson,    J.    C,    Lt.,    400    Main    St., 

Menominee,  Mich. 
McNally,  Miles  H.,   Lt.,   New  Richmond, 

Wis. 
Matz,     John    D.,    Lt.,    Unlversitv    Club, 

Chicago.  111. 
Mealey,     Howard     G..     Lt..     Monticello, 

Minnesota. 
Miller,    D.    G..    Lt.,    Nassau    Paper    Co., 

St.    Paul,   Minn. 
Ireland.    Glen,    Lt..    c/o   Bell    Telephone 

Co.,  Dubuque,  la. 
Landervou,   H.   T.,  Lt.,   709   W.   19th    St., 

Des  Moines.   la. 
Schmitt     Robert   L.,    Lt.,    3628    Portland 

Ave..  Minneapolis,   Minn. 
Kice.   Murrav    S.,    Jr.,   Lt.,    942   Lemecke 

Annex    Bldg.,    Indianapolis,    Ind. 
Lindholm   Henry  T.,  Reg.  Sgt.  Maj.,  1119 

43d   Ave.   N..    Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Doig.   Thomas  W.,  Reg.  Sgt.  Maj..  Lake 

City,   Fla.,  R.   6,   Box  29. 
Hisel     Walter   W.,    Bn.    Sgt.    Maj.,    1000 

South  Main  St..  Fairfield,  Ta. 
Tomelty,  James  C,  1st  Sgt.,  Little  Falls, 

Minnesota. 
Comer,    Ross    A..     Asst.,    Band     Leader. 

2509   East   22d  St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Tabary,  Maurice,  Sgt.  Bugler,  64  Rue 
Des  Codies,  Amiens  (Somme),  France. 

Downing,  Gordon  L.,  Sup.  Sgt.,  615  East 
36th  St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Stensrud,  Russell  E.,  Mess  Sgt..  3045 
Elliott  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Iverson,   Henry  A.,    Sgt.    Kenyon,   Minn. 

Bakke,  Harold  E.,  Sgt.,  501  North  Front 
St.,  Crookston,  Minnesota. 

Patterson,  Lawrence  W.,  Sgt.,  32  Spruce 
Place,    Apt.    28,    Minneapolis.    Minn. 

Stalker,  Francis  A.,  Sgt.,  3324  4th  Ave. 
South,   Minneapolis,    Minn. 

Nelson,  Aimer  R.,  Sgt.,  4107  North 
Aldrich  Ave.,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Dovick,  Edward  A.,  Sgt.,  Stevens  Point, 
Wis. 

Straiton,  Clarence  W.,  Sgt.,  3620  Long- 
fellow Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Williams,  Edgar  L.,  Sgt.,  711  Cedar  Ave. 
South,   Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Waltz,  Frederick,  Sgt.,  522  8th  St.  S.  E., 
Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Schoenig,  Leslie  J..  Corp.,  533  West  5th 
St..   Winona,   Minnesota. 

Duffy,  Edgar  L.,  Corp.,  825  2d  Ave. 
South,  St.  Cloud,  Minnesota. 

Klobe,  Edward  L.,  Corp.,  Waconia,  Min- 
nesota. 

Erickson,  William  A.,  Corp.,  2614  James 
Ave.  North,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Garrison,  Joe,  Corp.,  West  Hotel, 
Duluth,   Minnesota. 

Push.  Armoun  M.,  Pvt.,  1103  Walker 
St..   Des  Moines.  la. 

Nasett,  John  I.,'  Corp.,  Robbinsdale, 
Minnesota. 

Bergman,  Andrew,  Mech.,  Bemidji  Min- 
nesota, R.   2.,   Box   102. 

Kinney,  Peter,  Ck.,  113  20th  Ave.  South, 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  c/o  Tony  Still- 
mozick. 

Swenson.  Emanuel  G.,  Ck.,  3612  12th 
Ave.    South     Minneapolis,    Minn. 

Soodhalter,  Frank  I.,  Ck.,  1525  Arling- 
ton Ave.,   Des   Moines,  la. 

Schewe,  Carl  H,  1st  CI.  Pvt.,  206  Vine 
St.,   Joliet    111. 

Green.  Benjamin  F.,  1st  CI.  Pvt.,  1406 
Euclid    Ave.,    St.   Louis,    Mo. 

Casjens.   Peter  R..  Orange  City,  la. 

Johnson,  David  G.,  Sioux  City,  la.,  c/o 
Mrs.  Anna  Johnson. 

Baker.  Claude  S.,  Luverne,  North  Da- 
kota. 

Anderson,  Martinus.  Clear  Lake,  la. 

Littlepage,  Orvole  H.,  1147  Kansas  Ave 
East.   St.  Louis.  111. 

Wegner,  Louis,   Hawarden.  la.,  R.  1. 

Scheerer,  Lloyd  H,  613  Ave.  "C,"  Fort 
Dodge,   la. 

Souther,  James  A..  Young  Harris, 
Georgia. 

Koch.  Frederick  W.,  553  16th  Ave. 
North.  Clinton,   la. 

Holdenried.  Rudolph  J.,  215  West  3d  St., 
Sioux  City,  la. 

Herriott.  Ivan  W.,  Garden  City,  Kan- 
sas  (905  North  6th  St.) 

Harter,   Ray    St.  John.   Kansas. 

Clapn.   Deland   S.   Corvton,   Tenn..   R.   1. 

Blenderman  Albert  D..  4324  Central 
Ave.,  Leeds,  la. 

Roller.   Leslie   G..   Humeston,  la. 

Evans.  Albert,  Williams.  la.,  R.   2. 

Adamson.  Ralph  W.,  Centerville,  la., 
R.  3. 

Horstman.   Albert  F..   Dows,  la. 

Larson,  Phinnev-  O.,  Fos«ton.  Minnesota. 

Shillinglaw,    William,   Ellsworth    la. 

Rule.  Robert.  1735  Peck  St.,  Muskegon 
Heights,  Mich.,  c/o  Lee  C.  Beattle. 

Hartman,  Hugh  E.  Raymond,  Kans., 
R.  1. 

Grumiller.  Ralph  J.,  314  North  7th  St., 
Grand   Forks,    No.   Dak. 

Stewart.  Virgil  M..  2009  North  14th  St., 
Kansas  City,   Kans. 

Gordhamer,  William  E.,  Kerkhoven, 
Minnesota. 

Thomas,    Cecil,    Beldon.   la. 

Davis,  Arthur  H.,  905  West  North  Tem- 
ple.  Salt   Lake  City.  Utah. 

Ryan.   Frank   M.,  Brownsville,  Tenn. 

Alli«on.  Vernon  E.,  711  Jones  St..  Sioux 
City.  la. 

Bradshaw.  Elmer  P..  1325%  4th  Ave. 
South,   Fort   Dndge.   la. 

McMeen.  Kenneth  M.,  Gregory,  South 
Dakota. 


Hansen,   Louis   C,   Emmetsburg,   la.,   R. 

3,  Box  3. 
Mees,  Peter,  705  9th  Ave.,  Clinton,  la. 
Hockman,    Floyd    W„    320    Selden    Ave., 

Detroit,  Mich. 
Calder,    Ashal   R.,    Hyrum,    Utah. 
Shannon,   George  D.,  Lawler,  Iowa,  Box 

234. 
Angell,    Joseph   K.,    Sturgeon,    Mo. 
Reitz,  David  C,  1204  4th  St.,  Sioux  City, 

la. 
Koples,   George,  Huspers,  la. 
Peacock,  Frank  L.,  Woodstock,  111..  R.  3. 
White,   Zeno   Z.,    401    Seneca    St.,   Storm 

Lake,   la. 
Home,   Victor  A..   Penn,  North   Dakota. 
Bursch,  James  P.,  1013  Market  St.,  Em- 
poria,  Kans. 
Froehlich,    Otto   W.,    4104    Aldrich   Ave. 

South,    Minneapolis.    Minn. 
Tschida,   John   L,,   Freeport,   Minn. 
Oliver,   Jesse  M.,   Shelbina.   Mo. 
Page,   John   A.,    Hamilton,   N.   D. 
Graves,   Charles  R.,    Plymouth,  la. 
Bradbury.   Danial   C,   6   &  3d  St.,   Oska- 

loosa,  la. 
Wingate,  Roy  M.,   Hamburg,  la.,  R.  3. 
Brugman,  William  E.,  210  Orleans,  Keo- 

Selnes's,  Alfred  R.,  515  5th  St.,  Clark- 
field,  Minn. 

Rudland,  Olaf,  P.  O.  Box  2,  Hardy,  Sas- 
katchawan    Canada. 

Wagner,  Sherman  C,  1820  3d  St.,  Madi- 
son, la. 

Walper,  Almon  W.,  Cavalier,  North  Da- 
kota.  Box    301. 

Watson,  Norman  W.,  1606  Jones  St., 
Sioux  City,  la. 

Dockum,   Leslie  J.,  Miltonville,   la. 

Brady,  Thomas  E.,  Waukon,  la. 

Parker,  Roscoe  J.,  Beresford,  South  Da- 
kota. 

Rozell.   Earl  M.,  Ottowa,  Kans,  R.   9. 

Reardon,  Frank  L.,  River  Falls,  Wis. 

Sullivan.  Daniel  E.,  South  Sioux  City, 
Nebraska,  Box  44. 

Walton,   Oliver   T.,   College  Springs,   fa. 

Cosgrove,   Henry  E.,   West  Liberty,    la. 

Wallinga,    Henry,    Jr..    Hull,    la. 

Johnson,  Martin  M.,  Cummings,  North 
Dakota. 

Horn,  George  H.  Boyden.  la.,  R.  2. 

Hogan.  Frank  E.,  903  S.  E.  Carolina 
Ave.,    Mason    City,    la. 

Berry,    Lloyd    C,   Algona,   la. 

Vogel,  Joseph  J.,  Box  217,  South  St. 
Paul.  Minn. 

Scheinhaum,  Nathaniel  L.,  1900  5th  Ave. 
So.,   Minneapolis,   Mjnn. 

Graham,  Ambrose  A.,  6228  Chatham 
Ave.,   St.   Louis.   Mo. 

Moodv,  Charles  il.  De  Queen.  Ark. 

Webb,  Archie  C.  Paw  Paw,  Mich..  R.  5. 

Sigoloff,  Max,  1531  A  Bacon  St.,  St. 
Louis.  Mo. 

Smith.  Robert  O.,  2008  South  10th  St., 
St.  Joseph.  Mo. 

Kinnamon,  Harrv  O.,  Keokuk,  la.,  c/o 
William   Kinnamon. 

Moore.  John   E..  Mentor.  Kans.,  R    1. 

Holcomb.  Charles  N.  Wakeeney,  Kans., 
R.    1. 

Riley,   Robert   R.,    Oberlin.   Kans..    R.    3. 

McCoy.  Alva  E..  204%  East  Park  St., 
Champaign.   111. 

Gardner.  Henry  C,  Highway  15,  Sandy 
City.    Utah. 

Cunningham,  John  F.,  423  Nebraska  St., 
Sioux  City,  la. 

Scheer,  Charley  A.,  Morrowville,  Kans., 
R.   1. 

Axmear,    John    W.,    Keswick.    la.,    R.    1. 

Huisinga.   Warner  J..   Jewett.   Ill   . 

Birk.  Frank  R..  Gridley.  Kans..   R.  1. 

Miller.  Lee  A.,  Lodgepole  South  Da- 
kota. 

Pennington,  Willard  M.,  Burlington. 
Kans..    R.   5. 

Thompson,  Alf.  M.,  Climax,  Minnesota, 
R.   1. 

Foreman.  Neil  E.,  2930  Garfield  St.,  Lin- 
coln. Neb. 

Newland.    Chester   L.   Corning,    Kans. 

McCoy.  Roscoe  M.,  Utica,  Mo. 

Cook.   Louis  C,   Syracuse.   Kans. 

Gustafson.  Gustaf  H,  2429  13th  Ave. 
South.    Minneapolis.   Minn. 

Ettling,  Albert  J..  617  Ash  St..  Texar- 
kana.  Ark. 


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Appendix 


Mitchell.   Alexander   L.,   Northwood,    la. 

MeWhirter,   Howard   B.,    Edson.    Kans. 

Sorenson.  Hans  P.,  1728  Iowa  Ave., 
West    Superior,   Wis. 

Grove,  Byron  W.,  West  Bend  la.,   R.   1. 

Havelaar,  Dick,  Hudson,  South  Dakota, 
R.  3,  c/o  Peter  Hansen. 

Anderson,  Anders  A.,  Lake  Preston, 
South    Dakota. 

Powell,  James  M.,  Hettinger,  North  Da- 
kota. 

Mullen,  Michael  J.,  Crary,  North  Da- 
kota. 

Johnson,   Ole   J.,   Cedar   Falls,   la.,   R.   3. 

Veld,   Jacob,   Grundy   Center,    la. 

Iverson.  Bert  H..  Rake,  la.,  Box  74. 

Flaherty,  Bernhard  B.,  Davenport,  la., 
R.  3. 

Drew,  Everett  H.^  911  East  4th  Ave., 
Mitchell,  South  Dakota. 

Tuttle,  Ralph  M..  Heckberry,  Kans. 

Hansen,  Leo  E.,  Waupaca,  Wis.    R.  2. 

Fricke,  Charles,  1173  6th  St.,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 

Vick,  George  S..  Calmar,  la.,  R.  1,  Box  9. 

Hursch,  Alford  R.,  Burlington,  Kans., 
R.   5. 

Bourassa,  Charles  L.,  Pembine,  North 
Dakota. 

Haldorson,  Julius  P.,  Park  River,  North 
Dakota. 

Brown,  Leif,  Russell,  North  Dakota. 

Charbonneau,  Oliver  J.,  St.  John,  North 
Dakota. 

Childers,    Sanford   W.,   Marmarth,   N.   D. 

Hulleman.    Dick,    Hawarden,    la. 

McCarroll,   Roy,   Ottumwa,   la.,   R     3 

Davis.  Frank  E..   Esteline.  S.  D. 

West,  Earl  W.,  Dell  Rapids,  S    D 

Flewelling,  Alonzo  C,  4  05  3d  St.,  Gar- 
den City,  Kans. 

Hensel  Ira  C.  414  Wood  St.,  South 
Bend,  Ind. 

White,  Louis  G.,  Bottineau,  N.  D. 

Graff,  Fred  W,  305  East  15th  St.,  Min- 
neapolis   Minn. 

Wilkes  Raymond  C,  831  18th  St.,  Sioux 
City,  la. 

Gardner,  Christopher  R.,  Stafford, 
Kans..    R.   3.  ' 

Wylie   William  A.,  Washington,  la.  R.  1 

J*h'  JS"!ar  J"™*  South  4th  St., 
Urand  Forks,  N.  D. 

Rosenau  Adolph  G,  R.  1.,  Box  35  Gar- 
dena,  N.  D. 

5aw;,so";  William   J.,  Redfield,   S    D 
Kre  11,   Frank,   White  Lake,  S.   D 
Neal    Thomas   H,   1205   4th  Ave.,  Dodge 
City,    Kans. 

WAlton  IIa ntS    V"    C/°   J°hn    Lammers' 

S°M,ich    Peter-    6    B    St-    Grand    Rapids, 

H«ESi?*  ™eIioy'  3938  Brandon  St., 
Seattle,  Wash. 

Shelton,  Herman  W.,  30  Stockdale  Ave 

Criero,  Texas. 
Abrahamson    Victor,   address   unknown. 
Daly    John   N     Cherryvale,  Kans.,   R.   l. 
rZ,7/le?i   Gab2   W-    Hawarden,   la. 

«'?;hH*2>vara    C,s    22u    Bryant    Ave. 

South,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 
Lambie,   Ernest  H.,   Forest  River    N    D 
Larson,   Ralph   L.   Waukon    la 

Mste§io^ftry?kIaC-  110^  WeSt  3d 
Ellerbroek,  John  Jr.,  Sioux  Center  Tn 
Brown,  Charles  M.  Greenville^  HI?  k  4 
Ramstad  Arthur  A.,  Lauda  N.  D  R  1 
Schoep  Andrew  Sioux  Center,  la. 
Mutz,  John  G..  Mauvoo,  111.  R  2 
Trammell    Merton  E„  Hope,  N'  D 

OmlTa  INebS  H''  3°th  a"d  MaP'e  "*■•• 

VGrdienrnVeitr'l£KeSter  **    122?  Bl"°ad  St" 

V°lanK'  Henry'  718  Grand  Ave.,  Keokuk, 

gtrajn-   Roy   W.,   Segourney,   la. 

r^llht-  TW',n,^m   IF*    Kanorado.    Kans. 
Grant    Lyle   G     Band   Sgt..    206   Walnut 
»».,?••   S-TR-   Minneapolis,   Minn. 

«♦£  £?sef$    R-    Bami   s*t-    «28    East 

25th   St.,   Minneapolis.   Minn. 
Oppedahl,   Joseph   N.,   Band   Sgt..   396   2d 

Ave.  South,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Moorrill      David    W..    Band    Corp.,    1000 

Bayliss  Ave.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Johnson,  Walter  S..  Mus.  1  cl.,  Wayzata, 

Minn..  R.  1,  Box  131. 
McGranahan,     George     C,     Mus.     3     cl  , 

Ocheyedan.  la. 
NofTsinger,   John    H.,    Mus.    3   cl.,    South 

English,  la. 
Engstrom,    Milton    O..    Mus.    1    cl.,    2008 

22d  Ave.  South    Minneapolis.  Minn. 
Freeman,  Abe,  Mus.  l  cl..  204  West  Main 

St.,  Oklahoma  Cltv,  Okla. 
Ridings.    Lahoma    B..    Mus.     1    cl.,    Ill 

Sherokee    St.,    Topeka     Kans. 
Haugen.  Anton.  Mus.  3  cl.,  Stanley   Wis 
Doig,    Hugh    D..    Mus.    Corp..    3104    Chi- 
cago Ave.,    Minneapolis    Minn 
Doffing.    Mathins    J..    Mus     3    cl      We«t 

4th     St.,    Hastings,    Minn.,    c/o    J.    P. 

Doffing. 


(Roster,  337th  F.  A.,  Continued) 

Cochran,  Clinton   B.,  Mus.   3  cl.,   3508  3d 

Ave.    South,    Minneapolis,    Minn. 
Tramm,  William  E.,  Mus.  2  cl.,  318  East 

14th   St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Fields.  John  P.,  Mus,  2  cl.,  Osceola,  Mo. 
Magnuson,   Charles  R.,   620  West  Maple 

St..  Stillwater,  Minn. 
Ferguson,     William,     Mus.     3     cl.     3451 

Oliver  Ave.  North,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Schooley,  Franklin  B.,  Band  Corp.,  Cato, 

N.   Y. 
Bauer,    M.   Warner,    Mus.    3   cl.,   Colome, 

S.  D. 
Montgomery,    Robert,    Maple    Hill,    la., 

c/o  Hans  Hansen. 
Dunlap,    Clifford   H.,    Mus.    3    cl..    Have- 
lock,  la. 
Lomen,  Gustav  O.,  Mus.  2  cl.,  Rushford, 

Minn. 
Adam,   Leo    N..   Mus.    2   cl.,    1311    6th   St. 

North,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 
Kopelman,  Thomas,  Mus.  2  cl.,  c/o  Reed 

Bros.,     Milwaukee,     Wis.,     c/o     Miss 

Anna  Kopelman. 
Henderson    Harold  W.,  Mus.   3  cl.,    4420 

3d  Ave.,  Sioux  City,  la. 
Berg,  Peter,  Jr.,  Mus.  2  cl.,  Anoka,  Minn. 

R.    5. 
Gueder,  August  W.,  Mus.   3  cl.,   Gutten- 

berg,  la.,  Box   274. 
Julson.  Henry  C,  Mus.  3  cl.,   Garretson, 

S.  D.,  R.  2. 
Richards,    Wayne    F.,    Mus.    3    cl.,    1010 

High   St.,   Grinnell,   la. 
Schussler,  Archie  C,  Mus.  2  cl.,  843  Alia 

St.,  Galesburg,  111. 
Hazelleaf,    Harvey   F.,    Mus.    1    cl.,    1131 

Madison   Ave.,   Kewanee,   111. 
Blake,  Harold  L,  Mus.   3   cl.,   140  North 

Yale,   Wichita,   Kans. 
Vollbrecht,  Oscar  A.,  Mus.  2  cl.,  c/o  Miss 

Hattie     Schmidt,     2218     Russell     Ave. 

North,   Minneapolis.   Minn. 
Heaney,    Ralph    W.,    Mus.    3    cl.,    Olivia, 

Minnesota. 
Hunter,   Elwin   R.,   Mus.   3   cl.,   Weeping 

Water,   Neb. 
Tyler,   Ernest   S.,   Crooks,   S.   D. 


ORDNANCE   DETACHMENT. 

Himes,   John    C.   Lt.,    York,    Pa.,    340   S. 

George  St. 
Jack.   Oscar   W.,   Sgt.,   Madison,   Wis. 
Punt,      Austin      E.,      Sgt.,      Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
Rux,  William  O.  Sgt.,  Minneapolis. 
Rondoff,  Rolla  J..  Sgt..  Neillsville.   Wis. 
Schaull.  Walter  H.,  Sgt.,  Minneapolis. 
Mutch,  Milton  G..  Corp.,  Salem,  Mass. 
Hohler.  Nicholas  W.,  Corp.,  Minneapolis. 
Senn,  Earl  H..  Corp.,  Minneapolis. 
Redetzke,   Edward   W.,  Corp.,   Velva,   N. 

D. 


PRIVATES.  1ST  CLASS. 

Basch,  George  S.,  New  York  City. 
Johnson,  Wilbert  H.,  Charles  City,  la. 


PRIVATES. 

Ackerman,  Frank   P.,   Minneapolis. 
Jenkins,    Bertram,    Minneapolis. 
Krteschmar,    Herman   W.,    Fairport,    la. 
Magnuson,  Carl  S.,  Topeka,  Kans. 
McDonald.  Leo  E.,  Plainsville,   Minn. 
Petersen,  Charles  E.,  Minneapolis. 


SUPPLY   COMPANY. 

Stimpel,  William,  Capt.,  Des  Moines,  la., 

827    Clinton    Ave. 
Streissguth,  Edmund  H.,  Lt.,  Arlington, 

Minnesota. 
Beddall,  Floyd  O..  Lt.,  c/o  Land  Service 

Co.,     146     Endicott     Bldg.,     St.     Paul. 

Minn. 
Monahan,    Edward    C,    Lt.,    3137    Gilpin 

St.,  Denver,  Colorado. 
Needham,    Roy    A.,    Regt.    Supply    Sgt., 

3508  Aldrich  Ave.  So.,  Minneapolis. 
Brehany,   Edwin   A.,   Regt.   Supply   Sgt. 

Shakopee,  Minn. 
Lewis,    George    A.,    Regt.    Sunnly    Sgt., 

c/o  Elmer  Lewis,  Bagley,   Minn. 
Johnson,   Maurice,   1st   Sgt.,   2743   Pierce 

St.  N.  E.,  Minneapolis 
Boone.   Elmer  L,   Sgt.,  Ash  Grove,   Mis- 
souri. 
Fisher.  Ferdinand  P.,  Sgt.,  Helper,  Utah. 
Hickish,  Frank  N,  Sgt.,  Tuelahoe,  N.  Y. 
Carver,     Frederick     H,     Sgt.,     Russell, 

Minn. 
.Tuveland,    Sidney    A.,    Corp..    3513    19th 

Ave.   South.   Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Barkwill.  Thomas  A..  Corp.,  Ada,  Minn. 
Spaulding,    Dike    W.,    Corp.,    Westfleld, 

Towa. 
Little,   Ralph   S.,  Corp.,   1028   West    14th 

St.,  Davenport.  la. 
Eagleson,  Wilbur  J.,  Cook,  207   6th  Ave. 

E.,  Aberdeen,  S.  D. 


Koelfgen,    Michael,    Cook.    2647    7th    St. 

N.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Miller,  Clinton  C.,  Cook,  Moravia,   Iowa. 
Watson,     W'illiam    H,    Cook,     c/o    Mrs. 

Anna   Temple,   Franklin,   Ky.,   R.    7. 
Edwards,    Parker    M.,    Cook,    4732    Gar- 
held  Ave.,   Minneapolis. 
Frankos,  George  K.,  Cook,   c/o  John  G. 

Alexandres,    4520    Cheautou    Ave.,    St. 

Louis,  Mo. 
Aldridge,   Harry  B.,  Wag.,   218   Polk  St. 

Minneapolis. 
Belanger,    Albert    L.,    Wag.,     50    North 

12th   St.,   Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Boeff,  Harry   W.,   Wag.,   c/o   Will   Boeff, 

Dexter,  Minn. 
Bruhn,   Benjamin   F.,   Wag.,   St.   Bonifa- 

cius,    Minn. 
Cord,  John,  Wag.,  1427  West  Locust  St., 

Des   Moines,    la. 
Fife,  Raymond  F.,  Wag.,  Paulina.  Iowa. 
Gengler,    John    P.,    Wag.,    Le    Mars.    la., 

Haugseth,  Knute,   Wag.,  2425   29th  Ave. 

So.,  c/o  Mrs.  Bertha  Swan. 
Holmen,  Ingval    Wag.,  c/o  Iver  Holmen, 

402   Front  St.,  Detroit,  Minn. 
Johnson,  Arthur  W.,   Wag.,  Montevideo, 

Minn.,  R.  1. 
Melting,  Ole  O.,  Wag.,  Halstad„  Minn. 
Moore,     Raymond     S.,     Wag.,     c/o     Mrs. 

Bridgett  Bell,  710  5th  Ave.  North,  In- 
ternational Falls,  Minn. 
Mortenson,  Neils  A.,  Wag.,  North  Rem- 

sen.  la.,  R.  4. 
Novatny,  Frank  R.,  Wag.,  1130  Roches- 
ter Ave..   Iowa  City,  la. 
Nichols,     Thomas    O.,     Wag.,     c/o     Mrs. 

Homer  Murray,  Medford,   Wis. 
Peterson,     Sixten     S.,    Wag..     2001    Mil- 
waukee Ave.,   St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Sagen,  Elmer,  Wag.,  T.win  Valley,  Minn. 
Severson,     James     R.,     Wag.,     108     Eau 

Claire  St.,  Rice  Lake,  Wise. 
Swanson,  Arvid  C,  Wag.,  1126  Jefferson 

St.  N.   E.,   Minneapolis. 
Datzik,   William,   Mech.,    342   Quincy   St. 

N.  E.,  c/o  Tony  Haladay.  Minneapolis. 
Johnson,    Carl   A..   Mech.,   Lost   Springs, 

Kans. 
Olson.    Olof    W.,    Mech..    c/o    Peter    M. 

Westlund,   Hoffman,   Minn..   R.   1,   Box 

75. 
Ashbach,  George  E..  Ada.  Minn. 
Bissantz,  Roy  W.,  Sun  City,  Kans. 
Block.    Harry   B.,    1729    8th   Ave.    North, 

Minneapolis. 
Brattland.   Chester   A..   Hendrum,   Minn. 
Carlson,   Carl   A.,   2308   10th   Ave.  South. 

Minneapolis. 
Clark.   Almond   F.,    255   North   Main    St.. 

Wichita.  Kans. 
Efaw.    Wilson    H,    12S    South    10th    St.. 

Fredona.   Kans. 
Farley.    William    B.,    2815    E.    55th    St., 

Kansas   City,  Mo. 
Farris.   Herbert   S..   1847   Jackson  St.   N. 

E.,  Minneapolis. 
Harvev.  William.  J.  R,  c/n  Waltham  P. 

Hanson,   R.   2.  Ogallah.   Kans. 
Hickson,    Louis    L.    5118    N.     40th     St.. 

Omaha.  Neb. 
Holmes,  Ralph,  516  Colfax  Ave..  Minne- 
apolis. 
Hollowell.  Alfred  A..  Hartlev.  la. 
Hneni.   Rov   E.   Letcher   S    D. 
Johnson.    Verne   G.,   1507   Monroe   St.   N. 

E.     Minneapolis. 
Kester.    Hsrrv    E.     c/o    Mrs.    Elizabeth 

TCest»r.  Mid'and  Cjtv.  Til 
Lizer.  R»orc»  L.  Westphalia.  Kans. 
MoTavish,   Hugh    G..    Coggon.    Ta. 
Melsaard,   Roy,    1213   Monroe   St.   N.    E., 

Minneapolis. 
Moran.   Leo,   c/o  Mrs.  Myrtle  Moran.   4  9 

and  T  St.,  South  Omaha.  Neb. 
Newstrom.    Arthur   R.,    2130   South    35th 

St..  Omaha.  Neb. 
Patsloff.  August  G..  Ithaca.  Neb..  R.  1. 
Reed,  John   H,  Lock  Box   64,  Westfleld. 

la. 
Regenberg.     Herman,     c/o     Mrs.     Mary 

Powers,  Hastings,  Neb.,  R.  5. 
Rilev,     John     H.     c/o     Mrs.     Tempyann 

Rilev    Mansfield.   Mo. 
Ronnabaum,  George  P.,  Oneida.  Kans. 
Rowe.  Blaine  M.,  Rush  City,  Minn. 
Saddler.     Ross,     c/o     Charles     Saddler. 

Bonaparte,  la. 
Schenck,   Charles  H,   403    West    Sth   St., 

c/o  Leo  Moore.  St.  Charles.  Mo. 
Se'Dy,   Samuel  W..   Wak<-enev.   Kans 
Sylte.   Oscar  T.,   2112  Riverside  Ave.   S., 

Minneapolis. 
Tlossem.  Howell  E.,  Gaza.  Towa. 
Waters.    Frank    W.,    2211     11th    Ave.    R., 

Minnea  no1** 
Widiek     Orv'lle     Friend     Nehr. 
Wing    Lvle  F1     Humb^'dt    Kans.    R    K 
Felsenberg    Harry.    1921    3d    St.    S.,   Min- 

neanolis. 
Femlincr    O^or^-e   E..    D"it.   M'nn  ,    R.    1. 
Flom.  T<Vw|n.  T"'i"   Vallev.   Minn 
Glenn,  Newton  R..  Hartley.  Ta. 


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Crockett,  Earl  H.,  Strong  City,  Kans. 

Grono,  Arlie  F.,  601  9th  St.  S.,  Minne- 
apolis. 

Halsey,  Walter  H.,  Brumley,  Miller  Co., 
Mo. 

Harms,  Charles  S.,  4345  Tyler  Ave., 
Leeds,  la. 

Harries,  Henry  C,  Wakeeney,  Kans.,  R. 
3. 


MATTERY   A. 


Clarkson,    Worrell,  Jr.,   Capt.,    St.    Paul, 

Minn. 
Salvards,   Ely,  1st  Lt.,  Duluth,  Minn. 
Wicks,  Glenn  D.,  1st  Lt. 
Whipps,  Husk  H.,  2nd  Lt.,  Columbus,  O. 

Sergeants. 

Sexton,  Patrick  D.,  1st  Sgt.,  519  18th 
St.,   Rock   Island,   111. 

Thompson,  Floyd  W.,  Sup.  Sgt.,  4101  A. 
Botanical   Ave.,   St.   Louis,  Mo. 

Johnson,  Lawrence  H.,  Mess  Sgt.,  426 
St.  Anthony  Ave.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Halloran,  James  W.    .Hopkins,  Minn. 

Johnson,  John  A.,  519  23d  Ave.  So.,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 

Hannan,    Edward  J.,   Litchfield,  Minn. 

Berglund,  Clarence  H.,  2806  Blooming- 
ton   Ave.,   Minneapolis,    Minn. 

Sandburg,  Arthur  C,  3916  36th  Ave., 
Minneapolis,   Minn. 

McGovern,  Martin  J.,  923  Harrison  St., 
Davenport,  la. 

LaDuke,  Martin  W.,  1141  North  Lindale 
Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Minor,  Fay  S.,  R.  4,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Wade,  Charles  R.,  1818  Dupont  Ave.  N., 
Minneapolis,    Minn. 

R'oth,  Ira  R.,  Andalusia,  111. 

Corporals. 

Eiken,    Sigmund,   Inwood,    la. 

Davidson.   John   K.,   Keokuk,   la. 

Wallace,  Robert  T.,  212  South  11th  St., 
Chariton,   la. 

Burgert,  Chester  O.,  R.  1,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Adkins.  Chester  A.,   Rosendale,  Mo. 

Goforth,  Cecil  E.,  Bolchow,  Mo. 

Byam,  William  R„  Ulysses,  Nebr. 

Clopper,   William    E„   Clyde    N.    D. 

Breit,   Warren   H.,  Savannah.   Mo. 

Druckmiller,  George  R.,  1407  5th  Ave., 
Rock  Island,  111. 

Weiss,  Frank  C,  4540  Gravious  Ave., 
St.    Louis.    Mo. 

Faris,  John  C,  R.  2.  Rushville,  Mo. 

Campbell,  Fred  E.,  Higbee,  Mo. 

Burkman,   William  E.,  Ottumwa,   la. 

Cundiff,  Corbett,  Bolchow,  Mo. 

Rossiter,  James  A.,  506  16th  St.,  Moline, 
111. 

Carlson,  Albert  W.,  Graceville,   Minn. 

Cady.  Vernon  R.,  4215  11th  St.,  Rock 
Island,  111. 

Hampton,  Robert  S.,  Takomah,  Nebr. 

Berry,  William  J.,  Dudley,   la. 

Aiken,  Harry,  2135  W.  103  St.,  Cleve- 
land, O. 

Mechanics. 

Kelley,  George  J.,  Chief  Mech.,  3024  Bry- 
ant Ave.  S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

McEnirv,  William  T..  Chief  Mech.,  529 
23d   St.,   Rock   Island,   111. 

Bratton.    Edgar   R.,    Sheldon,   Mo. 

Castle,  Joseph  B.,  Station  F,  St.  Joseph, 
Mo. 

Pltikall,  Herman  C,  318  E.  Union  St., 
Dindsberg,    Kans. 

Wood,  Robert  W.,  Pierson,  la. 

Cooks. 

Brady,    Thomas   F.,   Brawley,   Calif. 

Haugen,   Harry  F.,  Hastings,  Minn. 

Metzger,  Joseph  L.,  Box  16,  Rockport, 
111. 

Nelson,  Nels  H.,  1001  4th  St.  N.,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

Buglers. 

Baldwin,    Edward    H.,    Excelsior,    Minn. 

Brown,  David,  870  W.  Ferry  St.,  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y. 

Engh,  Arthur  S.,  Mahnomen,   Minn. 

Wagoner*. 

Braun,   Emil   E.,   Sibley,   la. 

Haugstad,  Jodmer,  J.,  Bruce.  S.  D. 

Jordan.  Maurice  R.,  125  S.  15th  St.,  Kan- 
sas City,   Kans. 

Michaelson,  Lewis  G-,  Correctionville, 
la. 

Quam,   Theodore,    Stanhope.   la. 

Privates,  1st   Class. 

Albert,  Jerome,  Tokio,  N.  D. 
Baker,  Arthur,   Rock   Valley,   la. 
Bennage,  Clarence,  Crane.  Mo. 
Benner.   Aytch,    Dearborn,  Mo. 
Bordeaux,  Francis.  White  River,  S.  D. 
Bush,  Jacob,  Clara  City.  Minn. 
Byrne,   Robert   J.,   Saxton,   Mo. 
Christensen,   Johannes    D.,    355    Box    St., 

Mankato,    Minn. 
Dickey.  John  F.,  627  Times  St.,  Keokuk, 

la. 
Ferris,     Sylvester,     627    S.     6th    St..    La 

Crosse,   Wis. 


(Koster,  337th  F.  A.,  Continued) 

Finnerty,  Bernard  L.,  Bartford,  Kans. 
George,  Aron,   229  Concord  St.,  St.  Paul, 

Minn. 
Gray,    Herman    H.,    219    Faraon    St.,    St. 

Joseph,   Mo. 
Johnson,  Carl  R.,  416  46th  St.,  Moline,  111. 
Malnar,  George,  Westville,  111. 
Moffatt,  Lynn  U„  Neola,  la. 
Mueller,   William  A..  2S01  S.  Adams   St., 

Peoria,   111. 
Murray,    Francis   L.,    Galva,    la. 
O'Niell,   Andrew   L.,   Williams,  la. 
Reed,  Leslie  L.,  Moorhead,   la. 
Riedl,  Carl,  Lakeview,  la. 
Rydell,  Frank  T.    R.  1,  Forreston,  Minn. 
Sartwell,    Earl    R.,    Sandborn,    N.    D. 
Schmidt,   Rudolph,   Hutchinson,  Minn. 
Schonemann.   William,  Thornton,    ia. 
Sherbonda,  Leslie  E.,  Monono,  Ia. 
Smart,  John  D.,  Zimmerman,  Minn. 
Thompson,  Olin,   Elbow  Lake,   Minn. 
Van  Gorp,   Edward,  Orange  City,  Ia. 
Wolf,  Alvin  R.,  Lytton,  Ia. 

Privates. 

Adkins,  Jesse  F.,  Sheldon,  Ia. 
Agee,   Charles  P.,  DeKalb,  Mo. 
AUacher,   Gustav,   Herndon.    Kans. 
Anderson,   Samuel  G.,   Stanhope,   Ia. 
Anderson,  Jesse  E.,  Pleasanton,  Nebr. 
Atkinson,   Claude   E-,    Logan,   Kans. 
Bachtel,  Jesse  L.,  Carrolton,  Mo. 
Baeten,    Henry,    1301     Spring    St.,    Col- 

linsville,   Okla. 
Bassett,   Roy   E.,   Charleston,   Ia. 
Bazzill,  Charles  W.,  1219  Faraon  St.,  St. 

Joseph,    Mo. 
Beethe,  Martin   H.,  Elk  Creek,  Nebr. 
Beierlein,  Dominik,   Hebron,   N.   D. 
Bergerud,    Otto    L.,     402     Vernon    Ave., 

Fergus  Falls.  Minn. 
Bredine,  Archie  C,  Harvey,  N.  D. 
Block,     John      N„     Box     901,     Hospers, 

Ia. 

Boggess,  Oliver  W.,  Helena,  Mo. 

Brandts,    William,   Sioux  Center,    Ia. 

Brattin,    James    O.,    Ingalls,    Kans. 

Britton,  Orrie  L,  Tyndall,  S.  D. 

Bonnema,  Jerry   D.,  Hawarden,  Ia. 

Byrne,   William   P.,    Burchard,   Nebr. 

Cady,  Lewis  C,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Keokuk, 
Ia. 

Cantor,  Samuel,  1417  S.  Adams  St.,  Peo- 
ria,  111. 

Carlson,  John  M.,  International  Falls, 
Minn. 

Cornett,    Milbert,    D«arborn,    Mo. 

Cudworth,  William  E.,  R.  7,  Ottumwa, 
Ia. 

Deen,   Floyd,   Mackeville,  Kans. 

Deiters,   Lewis   C,    R.   2,    Floris,   Ia. 

DenHartog.  James  E.,  Orange  City,  Ia. 
'  DeZeeuw,    Peter,   Orange   City.    Ia. 

Doyle,    James    D.,    Liberty,    Nebr. 

Drysdale,  Charles  I.,  Station  F,  St. 
Joseph,   Mo. 

Dykstra,    Peter,    Orange    City,    Ia. 

Evins,  Samuel,  Corkery,  Mo. 

Fardahl,   Alfred   M..   Adams.   Minn. 

Fitzgerald,   Lloyd,  L.,   Red  Cloud,   Nebr. 

Florell,  Otto,  Glenfield,  N.   D. 

Freeman,    Edward   M..    Bonsall,   Calif. 

Frisk,  Lee  A.,   Kinross,  Ia. 

Gericke,  Frederick  W.,  914  Second  St., 
Fort  Madison,  Ia. 

Goodenkauf.  Emil,  Table  Rock,  Nebr. 

Gordon,  Leander  M.,  Rushville,  Mo. 

Hammeke,  David  F.,  Ellinwood,   Kans. 

Harrington,    Charles,    Oberon,    N.    D. 

Harrison,    Francis  D.,  Lewis,  Kans. 

Johnson,    Reuben    A.,    Milaca,   Minn. 

Jonas,    Orvel    T.,    Valentine,    Nebr. 

Jones,   Harry  C,   Trenton,  Mo. 

Jurgensen,   Viggo    A.,   Winside,    Nebr. 

Kelly,   Martin   H.,  Ardoch,   N.   D. 

Klug,   Stephen  D.,   St.  Helena,   Nebr. 

Knockel,  William  J.,  R.   6,  Dubuque,  Ia. 

Koch,  Emil,  Parsons,  Kans. 

Krahn,  Oscar  C,  Pierce,  Nebr. 

Kriezel,   Fred,  Cedar  Bluffs,   Nebr. 

Lund,   Henry.   White  Lake.   S.  D. 

Magee,  Roy  H..  1226  Drury  St.,  Kansas 
City,   Mo. 

Majors,  George  E.,  Russell  Springs, 
Kans. 

McCord,  Stephen  R.,  1534  Park  St.,  To- 
peka,  Kans. 

Meyer.  Charles  J.,  R.  2,  Dorchester,  Wis. 

Nettinga,   Andrew.    Hull,   Ia. 

Niceswanger,    Frank.   Lake   View,   Ia. 

Noble,   Joseph  H.,   Valparaiso,   Nebr. 

Ochu,  John  B.,  1118  Knox  Ave.  N.,  Min- 
neapolis,   Minn. 

Pannkuk.   Boyd   B.,   Titonka,   Ia. 

Parrish,   Walter   H..   Fullerton.   Ia. 

Parthemore,  George  W.,  Spearville, 
Kans. 

Pearson.  George  H.,  630  W.  Chestnut  St., 
Leadville.    Colo. 

Pille,   Alphons,   Haverhill.   Ia. 

Powell,  Lee  A.,  Webster  City,  la. 

Pruismann,  Frank  D.,  Webster  City,  Ia. 

Putzstuck.   Joseph   B..   Wesley.    Ia. 

Uasmussen,    Arthur  W.,  Williams,  Ia. 

Ridpath,  David  A..  R.  5,  Boone,   Ia. 

Roling,    Herman    H.,    Bellevue,   Ia. 


.Salisbury,  Ralph,  Nephi,  Utah. 

Satre,   Helmer    L.,    Stanhope,    Ia. 

Schichtal,    Lucien   C,    Irvington,   Ia. 

Schieb,  John  W.,   Bucklin,   Kans. 

Schill.  Arthur  J.,   Lake  View.   Ia. 

Schmitt,   John    H.,   Hampton,   Ia. 

Schram,  Gustav  J.,  Odebolt,  Ia. 

Schuietert,   Dilman    F.,   Burt.   Ia. 

Schumaker,  Fred  L.,  Webster  City,  Ia. 

Belts,   George,  Richardson,  N.   D. 

Selk,  Rudolph  L,  Dysart,  la. 

Shea,  John  F.,  Luverne,  Ia. 

Sheely,   Leroy   H.,    Gucken,   Minn. 

Shepard,  John  W.,  Call,  No.  Car. 

Slight,   Carl.   Appleton,   Ia. 

Snyder,   Harvey   L,   Blairsburg,  Ia. 

Sorbo,   Melvin.   Emmons,  Minn. 

Speer,  Howard  A.,  Lakeside,  Nebr. 

Stafford.  Russell  A.,  903  First  St.,  Web- 
ster City,  Ia. 

Steeg.   Francis  A.,  R.  1,  Sac  City,   Ia. 

Strain,   Tom   F.,    Montevideo,   Minn. 

Sturman.  Jack,  1103  Larimer  St.,  Wich- 
ita,   Kans. 

Sveen,   Melvin   K.,   Emmons,   Minn. 

Telkamp.   Edward   H.,   Blairsburg,   Ia. 

Thompson.  A.  T.,  Story  City,  la. 

Van  Patten,  Franklin  J.,  Holstein,  Ia. 

Waack,  Gustav  J.,  Ida  Grove,  Ia. 

Wabschall,  Archie,  Williston,  N.  D. 

Waggoner.  Perry  L..  Thurston.  Nebr. 

Wagner,    Charles   C,    Iola,    Kans. 

Wagner,    William,    Spearville,    Kans. 

Weber.  Leonard,  Algona,  Ia. 

Weiland,  Henry  J..  Britt,  Ia. 

Westerbeck,  Carl  J.,  Columbus  Jet.,  Ia. 

Wiley,  Thomas  S.,  Elberton,  Ia. 

Wolfe,    Walter   R.,    Fenton,    Ia. 

Wright,  Dalton,   Vinton,  Ia. 

Wright,  William  D..  Great  Bend.  Kans. 

Wunschel,   Henry    N.,   Wall   Lake,    Ia. 

Young,  Grover  G.,  Emmetsburg,  Ia. 

Deceased. 

Atteberry,  Charles  I.,  Pvt..  died  of  dis- 
ease in  France. 

Magnuson,  Clarence  R.,  Pvt.,  died  re- 
sult of  injuries  in  France.  Run  over 
by  155  mm  G.  P.  F.  gun  en  route  Cler- 
mont-Ferrand  to   Bordeaux. 

BATTERY    B. 

Captain — Cathcart,  James  A.,  c/o  P.  J. 
Kalman  Co.,  22  W.  Monroe  St.,  Chi- 
cago. 

First    Lieutenants. 

Baer,    Ira    B.,    4    Crocus    Hill,    St.    Paul, 

Minn. 
Coan,    Folwell    W.,    326    5th    Ave.,    Clin- 
ton, la. 
Mealey,  Howard  G.,  Monticello,  Minn. 

Second     Lieutenants. 
Freeman,   Charles    E.,    N.    9th   St.,   Phil- 

ipsburg.    Pa. 
Anning,     Harold     E.,     815     Ridge     Ave., 

Evanston,   111. 
Waldo.    Lewis    T.,    46    114th    St.,    Rich- 
mond Hill,   Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
Kennedv,  William  D..  18126  Euclid  Ave., 

Cleveland,  O.,  c/o  Finley  F.  Kennedy. 
First    Sergeant — Challander,     Oscar    V., 

303  Lowry  Bldg.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Supply   Sergeant — Luger,   Alfred  F.,   173 

Western   Ave.,    Minneapolis,    Minn. 
Mess     Sergeant — McCloud.     Powell     W., 

c/o    Fred    W.    McCloud,    Mclntire,    Ia. 
Sergeants — Davis.    Charles   H.,   7717   6th 

St..  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  c/o  Mrs.  Eliz- 
abeth  H.   Davis. 
Neff,    John    T.,    305    Walnut    St.,    Grand 

Forks.  N.   D. 
King.   Fred   E.,   305   Humboldt  Ave.   No- 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Corriveau,   James   J.,    422    4th   St.   N.   E'., 

Minneapolis.   Minn. 
Rathmann.    William    H.,    2203    Western 

Ave.,   Davenport.   Ia. 
Gronvall.   Homer  S.,   2724   11th  Ave.  So., 

Minneapolis,   Minn. 
Gilkerson,     Roland     H..     3620     Lyndale 

Ave.    So..    Minneapolis.    Minn. 
Johnson.  Clarence  V..   802%   Liberty  St., 

Morris,   111. 
Lark.    Herman    H..    Steelville,    Mo. 
Malone.    Harold    R-,    Atlantin,    la.,    c/o 

Clias.    E.    Malone. 
Corporals — Peterson,       Clarl       A.,        315 

Logan    Ave.    No..    Minneapolis.    Minn. 
Heinemann,    Arnold    R.,    P.    O.    Box    52, 

Kimberly.   Minn. 
Towne.  Loyal  E..  Jamaica.  Ia. 
Thomson,  Harold  P.,   Hutchinson,  Minn. 
Reynolds.   Clvde  M..   Wayne.   Nebr. 
Wooten,    Fred    J.,    1540   W.    2nd   St.,    c/o 

Fr.  W.  Garstaner.   Davenport,   Ia. 
Bixler,   Clarence   H.,   Clarence,  Ia. 
Weir,   Edd   J.,   c/o   John   Weir,   Sheldon. 

Ia. 
Westwater.       David,       17       Clark       St., 

Georgetown,    111. 
Applegate,  Robert  D..  Downey,  Ia. 
Carmack,  Everett  C.  Crocker.   Mo. 
Chambers.  Walter  W..  537  S.  Milner  St., 

Ottumwa,    Ia. 
Nichols,  Lester  B.,  R.  2.  Fair  Grove,  Mo. 
Sidles,   Joseph  I.,   Jerome^  Ia. 


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Pickering,  Walter  v..  Box  5,  Manly,  la. 
Schick,   Charles  H.,   Udell,   la. 
Klingstein,    Emanuel,    632    Gorono    St., 

Denver,    Colo. 
Makinney,  Hugh  F.,   207  S.  High  School 

St.,    Columbus,    Kans. 
Parks,    Harry   M.,    207    S.    College    Ave., 

Salina,    Kans. 
Jeffrey,   Lee   W.,    Arie,    Kans. 
McCloughen,  Walter  JU,  Dawn,  Mo. 
Sievert,    William    E.,    52    Eastman    Ave., 

Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Cooks, 

Dunker,  Nelson  L.,  R.   7,  Muscatine,   la. 

Meland,  Nils,  York,  N.  D. 

Swanson,    Ole,    c/o   Nels   Swanson,    4001 

41st    St.    So.,    Minneapolis,   Minn. 
Woods,  Walter  R.,  615  Iowa  Ave.,  Iowa 

City,  la. 

Buglers. 

Geerlings,  Petrus  J.,  c/o  Jacob  Geer- 
lings,  N.  Market  St.,  Extension,  Os- 
kaloosa,  la. 

Mellinger,  Verne  R.,    Oaksville,  la. 

Wagoners. 

Brace,  Clay  S.,  R.  3,  Hope,  N.   D. 

Garton,  Orrin  C,  Box  113,  Paxton,  111. 

Glass,  Arthur  D.,  It.  4,  Columbia  City, 
Ind. 

Hoffman,  Carl,  c/o  Mrs.  E.  E.  Schulten- 
over,   Melrose,   Minn. 

Peavey,  Albert  F.,  601  E.  26th  St.,  Min- 
neapolis.   Minn. 

Thomsen,  Henry,  Jr.,  R.  F.  D.,  Daven- 
port,  la. 

Urbanek,  Edward  L.,  R.  2,  Solon,  la. 

Chief   Mechanics. 

Jones,    Miles,    Box    204,    Sweet    Springs, 

Mo. 
Roberg.    Austin    H.,    4331    Newton    Ave. 

No.,   Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Mechanics. 

Bennett,    Frank,   Iroquois,   N.   D. 

Carlson,  Alvin  C,  1903  6th  St.  So.,  Min- 
neapolis,   Minn. 

Engquist,  Elmer  C,  3209  Garfield  Ave. 
So.,   Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Iverson,  Joseph  G.,   Watson,   Minn. 

Privates,  First   Class. 

Appleby,  Lewis  M.,  712  Main  St.,  Mar- 
ion,   Kans. 

Asplund,  Carl  H.,  1603  5th  St.  So.,  Min- 
neapolis. 

Baute,   Albert   W.,   Waymansville,   Ind. 

Bayles,   Fred,  Lemar,  Mo. 

Beitenman,   Milton   E.,   Dewitt,   la. 

Cook,   Charles   E.,   R.   1,   Franklin,  Nebr. 

Davies,  Morgan  L.,  275  W.  Walnut  St., 
Canton,    111. 

Dohrmann,   Albert  H.,   Charlotte,   la. 

Elder,  Irvin  E.,  705  S.  Sheridan  Ave., 
Ottumwa,  la. 

Hazen,  Ro'bert,  14  Woodruff  Apts.,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah. 

Hogan,  James  D.,  2401  Washington 
Ave.   No.,   Minneapolis,    Minn. 

Howell,  Donnelly  B.,  Cunningham, 
Kans. 

Neugent,    Bert   J.,    Popejoy,    la. 

Nielsen,  Noble  H.,  300  Clinton  St., 
Lyons,  la. 

Novak,    William,    Elbron,    la. 

Paullus,   Fred  J.,   R   3,  Hampton,  la. 

Rees,   Willie,   R.   3,   Humeston,   la. 

Reuter,   Fermon  O.,   Millerton,   la. 

Reynolds,  Theodore  C  Tiffin,  la. 

Robinson,  Howard  C,  1937  Midland 
Ave.,   Syracuse,   N.   Y. 

Sweny.   Merit,   Montezuma,   la. 

Wakazoo,    Edward,    Lengby,   Minn. 

Wilkie,   Fred   H.,   Shannon   City,   la. 

Privates. 

Adrian,    August    E.,    R.    1,    Lost    Nation, 

la. 
Anderson,  Edward  A.,  R.  2,  Leeds,  N.  D. 
Anderson,  Leonard  A.,  R.   1.  Brinsmade, 

X.    D. 
Anderson.  Reuben  E.,  R.  1,  Box  68,  Har- 

court,  la. 
Barney,   John  H,   Linton,  N.  D. 
Bartlett.  John  F.,  Baxter  Springs,  Kans. 
Beateh   Lawrence,   W.,   Riverside.   la. 
Bissitt,  James  W.,  Greensburg,  Kans. 
Blase.    Theodore    H.,    R.    3,    Box    89,    St. 

Charles,   Mo. 
Boek,   Fred.   R.   1.  Modale,  la. 
Botham,     Thomas     H.,     R.     1,     Gridley, 

Kans. 
Breekenridge,   Rae  O.,   Manilla,   la. 
Bremser,   Clifford,   1332   Union  Ave.,   St. 

Louis,   Mo. 
Brush,  George  B.,  R.  1,  Carpenter,  S.  D. 
Rushing,  Paul  W.,   Olin,   la. 
Butrick.   William   O.,    Lake   City,   la. 
Byers,  Earl   J.,   R.   3,   Great  Bend,  Kans. 


(Roster,  337th  F.  A.,  Continued) 

Carper,   Edward   P.   Inavale,   Nebr. 
Chapman,     Edward     W.,    Minnewaukon, 

N.    D. 
Claus,   Charles  H,   Box   306,    Livermore, 

la. 
Coburn,    Arthur,   Medaryville,    Ind. 
Collins,  Michael   L.,   214  W.  Walnut   St., 

Denison,    la. 
Copple,  Albert  L,  1060  10th  St.  E.,  Cedar 

Rapids,    la. 
Coughren,    George    J.,    501    N.    13th    St., 

Rockyford,   Colo. 
Crow,   Clifford   V.,   Vinton,   la. 
Darnel,  Henry,  M.  R.  6,  Kirksville,  Mo. 
Delhi,    Vernon    J.,    801    Edison    St.,    La 

Junta,   Colo. 

Dillion,  Loyd,  P.,  Urbana,  Mo. 

Donahue,  Edward  P.,  c/o  Frank  Dona- 
hue, Petersville,  111. 

Dyer,  Francis  E.,  1207  S.  7th  St.,  Clinton, 
la. 

Eilts,  Henry  D.,  422  Court  St.,  Le  Mars, 
la. 

Enfield,   Harvey  G.,  R.    1,  Hardy,   la. 

Erickson,   Ole,   R.   2,   DeWitt,   la. 

Espe,  Lewis  H.,  R.  1,  c/o  Ed  Thornston, 
Thor,  la. 

Evenson,  John,  R.  1,  Joice,  la. 

Feekes,  Opie,  R.  3,  Box  43,  Rock  Val- 
ley, la. 

Fitts,  Frank  L.,  c/o  Mrs.  Jose  Mike,  R.  7, 

St.  Charles,  Mo. 
Fleenor,  Seba,  c/o  C.  J.    Stoutner,  R.   1, 

Keota,  la. 
Fleisher,  Dean,  c/o  Mrs.  Kate  Arbogast, 

Crabbottom,  Va. 
Gerfen,    Henry    C,    c/o    Henry    Meyer, 

Sheffield,  la. 

Geuder,  William  E.,  Box  281,  Gutten- 
burg,   la. 

Gibson,   Edwin   C,   R.   2,  Creston,   la. 

Godwin,  Harold  I.,  R.  1,  Washington.  la. 

Girnstead,  Owen  S.,  Box  5,  West  Ches- 
ter,  la. 

Gunter,   William   F.,   R.    2,   Clyde.  Kans. 

Hauan,  Alfred  I.,  R.  1,  Box  15,  Thomp- 
son,  la. 

Heidbrecht,  Arnold  C,  R.  1,  Buhler, 
Kans. 

Holm,  Ludwig  H,  Frazee,  Minn. 

Hoss,   Clifford  J.,  R.   2,  Box  40,  Seward, 

Kans. 
Huffman,    John    T.,    c/o    Mrs.    Susie    H. 

Spears,  R.  1,  Friendsville,  Tenn. 
Israel,   Alvin   L.,   Ingalls,   Kans. 
Johnson,     Everet     A.,     c/o     Mrs.     Adele 

Jacobson,  R.  2,  Box  43,  Esmond,  N.  D. 
Johnson,  Frank   E.,   1333   Tennessee  St., 

Lawrence,  Kans. 
Johnson,  Henry  H.,  c/o  And.  E.  Johnson, 

Warwick,   N.   D. 
Johnson.  Nels  H.,  c/o  Gust  E.  Erickson, 

R.  2,  Gowrie.  la. 
Jones.  Arthur  J.,  1201  Mack  St.,  Charles 

Ci  ty^Ia. 

Jones,   George   I...    Smith    Center,   Kans. 
Kelly.    Thomas   J.,    1318    Harrison   Ave., 

Des  Moines,  la. 
Knutson,     Christian,     R.     1,     Ridgeway, 

la. 
Larson,   Torvald.    Thor.   la. 
Lescoe.     John     H,     628     Auburn     Ave., 

Chariton,  la. 
Linden,  Earl  L.,  200  S.   18th  St.,  Center- 
vine,   la. 

Lonsr.   Arthur   E.,    Dallas,   la. 
McClain,   Harvey    L.,   Newton,   la. 
Mahonev.  Albert  C,  522  E.  5th  St.,  Lib- 
eral.  Kans. 
Mason.    Charley,    c/o    Mrs.    Sara    Kirtz, 

9912  Van  Horn  Rd.,  Independence,  Mo. 

Miller,  Llo^'d.   Kalona,  la. 

Mills.   Tra   M.,   Sulphur   Springs,  Ark. 

Mischke  Leo  F.,  4252  Crystal  St.,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Mittan.  Oscar  H,  c/o  Claude  F.  Mit- 
ten. Norton,  Kans. 

Morrell.  Ward  D.,  R.  1.  Hume.  Mo. 

My  rs  Frank  S.,  c/o  John  Myers,  Cen- 
terville.    In. 

Xiiiheiger.   George  L..  R    4.   Ackley.  la. 

W«wtnn.    Rort   P..    Mt    Vernon.    R.    D 

Obr"«k,  "erman  C,  R.  4.  Box  24,  May- 
villp.   Mich. 

C'-'-nr-'l.  Ben,  617  York  Ave..  Chari- 
ton. Ta. 

n«""il    r"^~-t<-~  -p     t>    1    Monro,   Ta. 

Otto,  John  E.,  Villa  Grove,  la. 

I p.   "'"'   t       «..fi«<rfirld.  Mo. 

P«r>ez.  Mik<\  c/o  Frank  Papez,  R.  2, 
Hector    Minn. 

Pa«coe,  Vernon  S.,  R.  1,  Box  30,  Chapln, 
Tp. 

Pck.  Floyd  A.,  R.  3.  Box  16,  Seymour, 
Ta. 

Primus,  William  B..  R  2,  Wellsburg,  la. 

Purdy,   Leslie    D.,   Lakota.   N.   D. 

Putnam,  James  A.,  R.  1,  North  Branch, 
Kans. 

Rathmann,  Edwin  H.,  R.  1,  Latimer,  la. 

Reinberg.  Herman  E.,  R.  1,  Box  60,  Gar- 
rison, la. 

Reyhons,   Edward  C,  R.  2,   Solon,  la. 

Robinson,  Howard  C,  1937  Midland  Ave., 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Ryker,    Charles   H.,    c/o    Fr.    W.    Smith, 

Aetna,  Kans. 
Schlieve,   Charles   F.,   Leeds,   N.   D. 
Schreiber,  William  J.,  R.  4,  Alma,  Kans. 
Schroeder,  William  H.,  R.  2,  Sheffield,  la. 
Seever,    Cecil    C,    R.    3,    Smith    Center, 

Kans. 
Shepard,  Ray   E..  R.  1,  Russell,  la. 
Shular,   Lester   H,    c/o   J  no.    G.    Shuler, 

Broadwater,  Nebr. 
Snider,  Clarence  N.,  R.  1,  Cincinnati,  la. 
Souder,  Pearl  D..  11.   1,  Piano,  la. 
Spriggs,    Irwin   L.,   Salem,   Utah. 
Staack,   Peter  H,  Hawkeye.  la. 
Stanley,  Harry  A.,  R.  1,  Box  53,  Plevna, 

Kans. 
Stickle,  Benjamin,  c/o  Mrs.  Van  Fossen, 

R.  2,  Shellsburg,  la. 
Stouffer,  James  C,  R.  2,  Britt,  la. 
Svatos,  George  A.,  R.  3,  Solon,  la. 
Svingen,  Gerhard  O.,  R.  1.  Esmond,  N.  D. 
Talkington,  Percy  O.,  R.  2,  Promise  City, 

la. 
Thomas,   Ernest  A.,   W.   Van   Buren   St., 

Centerville,   la. 
Thompson,  Ole.,  c/o  Carl  Thompson,  R. 

2    Kindred,  N.  D. 
Thornton,   Lee   C,  Oakville,   la. 
Tipton,  Russell,  Oxly,  Mo. 
Torgerson,  Gunder  F.,  R.  2,  Leeds,  N.  D. 
Wallace,  Alexander  H.,  212    S.   11th  St., 

Chariton,  la.  . 

AValter,   Virgil   W.,  R.   1,  Dean,   la. 
Wells,  Fred   P..  R.  7,  Chillicothe,  Mo. 
Wells,  Harry  E.,  Ash  Grove,  Kans. 
Whalen,  Jerry  T.,  Mystic,  la. 
White,  Edward  V.,  1112  S.  15th  St.,  Cen- 
terville, la. 
White,  Emmet  L.,  R.  2,  Solon.  la. 
White,   Frank  H..  R.  1,  Mansfield,  Mo. 
White,  William  R.,  c/o  Dr.  C.  V.  White, 

Carl  Bldg.,   Independence.  Mo. 
Wilbur,  Robert  T.,  R.  4.  Eldorado.  Kans. 
Winegar,   Rov  F.,  R.  1,  Prairie  City,  la. 
Woll,  John  W.,  R.   2,  Merrill,   Mo. 
Woodruff.    Walter   N„   Humeston.   la. 
Wright   Walter  C,  R.  3.  DeRoy,  Kans. 
Wyatt,    Walter    T.,    619     17th    St.,    Des 

Moines.  la. 
Yoder,  Ora  P.,  R.  3,  Wellman,  la. 


MATTERY   C. 


Potter,    Arthur    C,    Capt,    4820    Capital 

Ave.,   Omaha,    Neb. 
Addison,  James  C,  Lt.,  Nevada.  Iowa. 
Diome,   Hermis   F.,   Lt.,   Antigo,  Wis. 
Hansen,  Forde,   Lt.,   Haverford,   Penn.  . 
Hutchins,     James     C,     Jr.,     Lt.,     45     E. 

Schiller  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Keator,  Ben  C,  Lt.,  c/o  Charles  Webber, 

Deere  &  Webber  Co.,  Minneapolis. 
Young,  Will   A.,   Lt.,   1019   Mapleton   St., 

Boulder,  Colo. 
Anderson,    Melville   C.    c/o    Mrs.    Angie 

Anderson,    2642    Bryant    Ave.,   Minne- 
apolis. 
Arneson,    Arnold,    Corp.,    Wells,    Minn. 

Box  298. 
Bailey,     Orrin     L.,     c/o    Mr.     Lawrence 

Bailey,  Monticello,  Minn. 
Bragg.    Robert    A.,    3928    37th   Ave.    So., 

Minneapolis. 
Brandt,  Alfred  M.,  Sgt.,  c/o  George  Har- 
rison,    2401     Blaisdell     Ave.,     Minne- 
apolis. 
Christianson,   Axel   A.,    Halstead,    Minn. 

Box   15. 
Douglass,  Arthur  C,   Corp.  Wray,  Colo. 
Fischer.  George  J.,  Sgt.,  2819  E.  28th  St., 

Minneapolis. 
Gramstad,   Leonard,   Climax,  Minn. 
Gravrock,    Alfred    J.,    1121    Washington 

St.,  N.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Grossenburg,  Leo  L.,  Rock  Valley,  Iowa, 

R.  2. 
Gutzman,  August  F.,  c/o  William  Gess, 

Odessa,  Minn. 
Hamer,   Joseph   F.,   Corp.,   New   Prague, 

Minn. 
Henkel    Daniel  L.,  2830  2d  St.  Brooklyn, 

Md. 
Hoffman,   Joseph    T.,   Ireland.    Ind. 
Hence     Charles    E.,    Corp.,     913    Timea 

St.,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 
Huckins,  Allison,   Lancaster,  Minn.,   Rl. 
Kimball,    Lorenzo    A.,    Spiv.    Sgt.,    2870 

Holmes  Ave.,  Minneapolis. 
Knaeble,    Silverius    P.      Sgt..     515     Ply- 
mouth   Ave.    North,    Minneapolis. 
Montgomery.    Alexander,    1608    5th    St.. 

North.  Minneapolis. 
Moriarty,    Arthur,    Mess    Sgt.,    Redfield, 

S.   D. 
Mouw,  Peter  B.,  Corp.,  Sioux  Center,  la. 
Murray,     Arnett,     Sgt.,.     1937     Fremont 

Ave.    So.,  Minneapolis. 
Chaver,     Lafayette,    Corp.,     663    Sylvan 

Ave.,  Davenport. 
Olson.     Edward    M.      Corp.,    235    Fuller 

Ave.    St.    Paul.    Minn. 
Ott,  Cecil  C,  Corp.,  Union  Star,  Mo. 
Peterschmidt,    George    J.,    Corp.,    West 

Point,  la.,  R.  3. 
Peterson,  Albert  G.,  Buffalo.  Minn. 
Pouller,       William       F.,       Corp.,       4920 

Hiawatha  Ave.  South,  Minneapolis. 


Appendix 


Purdham,    Plummer    P.,    Sgt,    Robbins- 

Raff!e'Glenn'\V..  2504  "L"  St.,  Omaha, 
Neb 

Roberts,  Charles  B.,  Corp.,  Evans,  Iowa. 

Sagl,  William,  306  16th  Ave.  So.,  Min- 
neapolis. ... 

Schuller,  Edward  N.,  Robbinsdale,  Minn. 

Schultz  John  F.,  508  Warren  St.,  Peoria, 
111. 

Sessing,    Julius    E.,    Sgt.,    Robbinsdale, 

Stiffens,   Thomas   G.,    3029    3d   Ave.    So., 

Minneapolis.  _ 

Strom    Hohn,   Corp.,    2709    East    Minne- 
haha Parkway,  Minneapolis. 
Suk,  Charles  J.,  Denham,  Minn 
Swanson,  Fred  C,  Sgt.,  Woodville,  Wis., 

■p>     9 
Swanson,     Oscar    H.,     Sgt.,     1716    Tyler 

St.    N.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Taylor,     Frank     J.,     Corp.,      530     West 

Dakota  St.,   Spring  Valley,   111. 
Thompson,  Elmer  O.,  Letcher,  S.  D. 
Walsh,   Frank  D.,  1st.   Sgt.,   3204   Elliott 

Ave.    So..    Minneapolis 
Weber,   John   C,   Corp.,    Elma,   la..    Box 

304. 
Winiaszerwski,     Theodore,     Corp.,      216 

16th  Ave.  N.   E.,  Minneapolis. 
Wood,  Leslie  P..   Corp.,   c/o  Miss  Mable 

Webber,  Lacon,  111. 
Yelton,    Lynn    B.,    Corp.,    c/o    Harry    C. 

Yelton,    Inland    Supply    Co.,    Danville, 

Youiigen,  Albert  J.,  Corp.,  1507  Univer- 
sity Ave.   N.   E.,   Minneapolis. 

Zimmerman,  Alexander  M.,  Sgt.,  3014 
15th  Ave.   South,  Minneapolis. 

Abbas,  Peter,  c/o  Hikke  Abbas,  Ger- 
mania,   la.,   R.    1. 

Albertson,  Bennie  J.,'  Knox,  N.  D 

Allie.   Byrd   E.,   Fowler,   Ind.,   Lock   Box 

Anderberg,    Ivar    O.,    c/o    Rude    Ander- 

berg,   Hulson,  S.  D'. 
Anderson,   Alvin   G.,    Stanhope,    la. 
Anderson,  Elmer  C,  Hudson,  S.  D.,  R.  3. 
Anderson.  William  C,  Wall  Lake,  la. 
Ashmore,  Howard  V.  Cushing,  la.,   R.  1. 
Bailey,  Albert  A..  247  Glendale  St.,  Salt 

Lake   City,   Utah. 
Billings,  Fred  H.,   Arlington,  S.   D. 
Brown,  Fred  A.,  Emmetsburg,  la..  R.  1. 
Brown,  John  S.    c/o  Miss  Sylvia  Doran, 

1812  Aldrich   Ave.  N.,  Minneapolis. 
Bruns,   Fred,  Titonka,  la.,  R.   1. 
Burgeson,  Roy  G.,  Armstrong,  la.,  R.  3. 
Burns    Marsh  H.,   Sac   City,  la. 
Byrne,    Perrv,  Dovray,  Minn.,   c/o  C.  A. 

Ritter,  Box  32. 
Calhoun,  William  C,  Algona,   la.,  R.   F. 

D. 
Carson,    Herbert    C,    417    East    2d    St., 

Webster  City,  la. 
Caulfield,  George  F.,  Liberty,  Kans.  R.  2. 
Clark,  Charles  M..    400  West   Washing- 
ton St.,  Colfax,  la. 
Clark,    William,    c/o    Bert    Carr,    Swea 

City,  la. 
Cline,   Albert   L.,   Lewis,    Kans. 
Clingenpeel,      c/o      Allen      Clingenpeel, 
Ute,  la.  _   „ 

Coulson,  Alva  J.,  Burlington.  Kans.  R.  6. 
Crabill,  Fred  P.,  Nprcatur,  Kans.,  R.  1. 
Dawson,    Everett   L.,   417   Aldine   Court, 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Day,   Charles   O.,    Plainville,   Ind.,    R.    1. 
De  Boer,  Douwe,  Jr.,  Alton,  la.,  Box  335. 
Dietz,  William  E.,  c/o  Miss  Marie  Wahl, 

Helper,   Utah. 
Donovan,     Charles,    1301    Kansas    Ave., 

Atchison,  Kans. 
Dovle,  William  M.,  North  English,  la. 
Duffy,   James,  Jr.,  Wall  Lake,  la.,   R.   3. 
Dunnett,   John  W..  Pyron,  Minn. 
Durham,    Ira  C,   Half   Way,   Mo.,    R.    2, 

Box  44. 
Durham.   Izare  M.,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Ecklund,    Harold,    c/o    Herman    Oleson, 

Grantsburg,   Wis.,    R.    1. 
Ekern  Elmer  C,  Kathryn,  N.  D.,  Box  17. 
Engelke.   Ernest,  Ute,   la. 
Evans,  Kelm   L.,  Williams,   la..   R.   2. 
Fjelstad.  Christian,  c/o  Miss  Minia  Fjel- 

stad,   776  Lincoln  Ave.,   St.  Paul. 
Galbraith.  Bert  A..  Algona,  la.,  R.  4. 
Giese.    Emil,    1711    No.    Crawford    Ave., 

Chicago,  111. 
Gleichman.   Peter  P.,   3035   No.   18th   St., 

Kansas  City    Kans. 
Cooke,   Henry  W.,    Elmore,   Minn.,   R.   3. 
Gryth,    Iver    E.,     c/o    Albert    Simmons, 

Pembina,  N.  D. 
Haas    Jerome   J.,   Inwood,    la.,   R.    2. 
Hainfleld,  Wilbert,  Salix,  la. 
Halvorson,  Henry,  Lake  Mills,  la.,  R.  1., 

Box   28. 
Hanson    George   A„   Odebolt,   la. 
Hargrove,  Jesse  D..  Rushville.  Mo..  R.  1. 
Hartwick.  Walter  B.,  119  So.  Springfield 

St..    Anthony,   Kans. 
Helmers    John.  Titonka,  la.,  Box   11. 
Henderson,    Henry   L.,    Lake    Mills,    la., 

R.   1..   Box    60. 
Herrlein,   Oswald   T„    Box   324    Kimball, 
S.   D. 


(ItoNter,  337th   F.  A.,  Continued) 

Heumphreus.    Elija    D.,    Hawarden,    la., 

Ij         'J 

Hey'er,'   Ben;,   Kamrar,   la..   Box   103. 
Hinderaker,      Clarence,      Radcliffe,      la., 

Hoff.V^nk^C.,    1441    No.    20th    St.,    St. 

Hofrnan,  Charley  B.,  Center  Point,  Ind., 

R.  4. 
Hojda   Albert  A.,  Lebanon,  Kans.,  R.   1. 
Honeycutt,    Windell    L,    Morrill,    Neb., 

Hoon,   Henry   S-,   Jewell,    la. 

Hulterstrum,  Henry  L..  Bancroft,  la., 
R.  1. 

Hultman,  Carl  J.,  Blakesburg,  la.,  R.  3. 

Immell,  Lorenzia  A.,  Bucklin,  Ivans., 
P.  O.,  Box   285.  ■_  ■ 

Jacob,  William  G.,  316  No.  Thompson 
St.,  Pratt,  Kans. 

Jensen  Martin  R.,  c/o  Walter  M.  Jen- 
sen, Gray,  la.  

Johnson,    Earl   H.,    Williams,    la.,    Lock 

Box    94.  »-«w    w ^-    wLm 

To"hnsonTHoward,  Crystal  Springs.  N.  D. 
Johnson,  Norris  J.,  Savannah,  Mo.,  R.  5. 
Johnson,   Peter,   c/o   John    Mohlencamp, 

Ashton,  la.,  Box  43. 
Johnston,  Lester,  Ottumwa,  la.,  R.  9.- 
Johnston     Robert    H.,    Birmingham,    la. 
Judd,    William   R.,    Grantsville,    Ltah. 
Kavanaugh,    Lawrence,    Ida   Grove,    la., 

Box  513.  „    „    _ 

Kennedy,  Frank  L.   Roswell,  &  D . 
Kerr,  Samuel  F.,  Fenton,  la.,  R.   1,   Box 

59 
Kerr,    Walter  R.,    c/o   Miss   Mary    Dod- 

son.  611  Sandusky  Ave.,  Kansas  City, 

King,  Wion  A.,   Schaller,   la.,   Box  85. 
Klein,    George   C    c/o    Mrs.    Bertha    M. 
Lind,      1820     Wellington     St.,     Phila- 
delphia.  Penn.  , 

Knowlton,    Frank   H.,    1915   Third    Ave., 

Moline,  111.  „„■„-■ 

Koehn,   Walter  L,   Corsica,   S.   D.,   R.   1. 

Lamson    Joe,  c/o   Miss  Harriet  Lamson, 

617   17th   St.,   Sioux  City,  la. 
Lande,  Lewis  A.,  c/o  Bentley  M.  Lande, 
Huxley,  la.  .     „       _>  _ 

Lanning,  James  A.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  R.  7. 
Lappin,  Grover  T.,  c/o  Charles  N.  Row- 
an, Webster  City,  la.,  R.  1. 
Lappin,  Harley.   c/o  Mrs.  Mathilda  Hel- 
mick,   847  Division   St.,  Webster  City, 
la 
Larson,  Olin  J.,  Buffalo  Center,  la.,  R.  1, 

Box  53. 
Ltham,   John   H.,   Savannah,   Mo. 
Lennon,    Robert    J..    1121    Williams    St., 

Keokuk,  la. 
Levey,   Pete,   Montezuma,   la. 
Lewis,    Alfred   E.,    Arapahoe,    Neb. 
Lindblom     Joseph    E.,    1611    Lafond   St., 

St.  Paul,   Minn. 
Lorenson,   Paul   F.,   Frankfort,  111. 
Luitjens,   Henry,   Ashton,  la. 
Lyman,    Russell    H..    254    Wabash   Ave., 

Wichita,  Kans. 

McConnell,  Claude,  Maysville^  Mo.,  R.  1. 

McNeeley,     John     H.,      c/o  Clifford     R. 

Wright,       206      West      Williams      St., 

Ottumwa,  la.  _     ' 

Macheledt,  John,  c/o  Andrew  Macheledt, 

Hector,   Minn.,  R.  4.,  Box  25. 
Mackay,    Victor    A,    410    West    6th    St., 

Concordia,  Kans. 
Marshall,   Oliver   F.,   Bronson,   la..    R.    2. 
Matekovitch,  John,  Jr.,  1005  No.  Broad- 
way, Joliet,  111. 
Miller,  Emil  N.,  Soldier,  la.,  R.   2. 
Miller     Harry    F.,    c/o    Joseph    Kunzel- 

man,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  R.  1.,  Box  124. 
Mishler.  Henry   E.,   Fedora,   S.   D.,  R.  1., 

Box  10. 
Mitchum.  Ray,  Delta,  la.,  R.  2. 
Monzel   George,  Webster,  So.  Dak.,  R.  4, 

Box  50. 
Moore,   Arthur  W..  Eldon,  la.,  R.   2. 
Moore,  Clare,  Lawton,  la.,  R.  2. 
Moravec   Herbert,  c/o  Mrs.  Emma  Walt- 
ermire,  54  Riverside  Park,  Sioux  City, 
la. 
Morrissey,    Edward    R.,    1528    Park    St., 

Keokuk,   la. 
Morrison.   Howard   A..   Savannah,   Mo. 
Mortvedt.    Benny.    Radcliffe,    la. 
•     Mueller  Herbert  P.,  Burt,  la..  R.  1. 

Noland.  Elmer  P..  c/o  Mrs.   Etta  Doyle, 

ottumwa,  la.,  R.  4..  Box  19. 
Nvtroen     Barnev.    c/o    Arthur   Nytroen, 

"Eistedge.  N.  D..  Box  8. 
Pickens.   William   G.,    Douds,   la.,   R.    2., 

Box    66.  ,      ,_ 

Pietznok,   Martin,   c'o   Miss  Annie  Con- 
r-rad    1433    51st    Co"rt    St..    Cicero.    TU. 
Priddy.   Samuel  A.,  1600  East  Third  St., 

Hutchinson.  Kans. 
Probst,     Arnold     R.,     Gordonville,     Mo., 

R.   2. 
Radina     Joseph,    Luray,    Kans.,    R.    3., 

Box  39.  . 

Redman.    Paul    F.,    214    East    Third    St., 

Hutchinson,   Kans. 
Robison,  Roy  A.,  Birmingham.  Ta..  R.  2. 
Rooksby,     John    H.,    Washington,     111., 

Ros'enkjar.   Lars   H.,   Ida  Grove,   la. 


Sargent,    William   H.,    418   No.    12th   St., 

Keokuk,    la.  „    _   .. 

Schmidt,    Frank    A.,    c/o    Carl   H.   Wolf, 

Hays,    Kansas. 
Schnitzler   Henry,  1528  South  Lawrence 

Ave.,   Wichita,   Kansas. 
Schreiber,     William     F.,     Easton,     Mo., 

R     3 
Schulte,   William   H..   1117   5th  St..   Fort 

Madison,   la.  ,••«•■-, 

Scntiltz,     Fred     B.,     Moose    Jaw,     Sask., 

Canada. 
Seaman,  James  R.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  R.  7. 
Seeker,   Earl,  Waconia,  S.  D.,   R.  2. 
Seeley,   Walter  L.,   Wolsey,   S.  D. 
Shepard    Paul  R..  Pratt,  Kans.,   R.  2. 
Sivertso'n,    Jonas,    c/o    Albert    Krieger. 
Blairsburg,  la.,  R.   1.,  Box  33. 
Totten,  Floyd  R.,  c/o  Mrs.  Lula  Murray, 

Stanton,  Neb. 
Trimble,    James    G.,    700    Chestnut    St., 

Topeka,  Kans. 
Vlaanderen,  Richard.  2022  McKinley  St., 

Sioux   City,   Iowa. 
Ward,   Clarence,   405   Ida  Ave.,   Wichita, 

Kans. 
Weigand,  John   A.,  Burlington,   Kans. 
Wenckus,    Barney   W.,    c/o    Mrs.   Mabel 

Truxell,  423  38th  St.,  Moline,  111. 
Wuersig,    Frederick   A.,   c/o  Mrs.    Hilda 
Edgar,    1005    King    St.,    East   Bakers- 
field,   Calif. 


BATTERY    D. 


Capt.    C.    A.    Lyman,    813    Lumber    Ex- 
change, Minneapolis. 
1st    L*t.     E.     F.     \erwiebe,     c/o     Statler 

Hotel,  Detroit,  Mich. 
2d  Lt.  H.  C.  Melcalf,  Primghar,  Iowa. 
2d   Lt.   G.   L.    Newcomb,    730   S.    Wabash 

Ave.,    Chicago,   111. 
1st    Sgt.    Arthur    B.    Johnson,    329    Ply- 
mouth Ave.   N.,  Minneapolis. 
Supply  Sgt.  David  Bloom,   422,   1st  Ave. 

N.    Minneapolis. 
Mess  Sgt.   Walter  C.  Garrett,   621  John- 
son St.,  Minneapolis. 
Sgt.    Wm.    S.    MacMurdo,    Elwood    City, 

Pa. 
Sgt.  Edward  B.  Blomberg,  3125  Garfield 

Ave..   Minneapolis. 
Sgt.   Lynne   K.   Doze,   Humeston,   Iowa. 
Sgt.  Rudolph  Hoganson,  1902  Quincy  St. 

N.   E.  Minneapolis. 
Sgt.    Theodore    T.    Holte,    2100    Dupont 

Ave.   N.,   Minneapolis. 
Sgt.     Donald     C.     Lawrence,     Wilbaux, 

Mont. 
Sgt.    Carl    A.   Lindbom,    3024    Blooming- 
ton  Ave.,   Minneapolis. 
Sgt.  Robert  E.  McCarty,  3016  Knox  Ave. 

N„   Minneapolis. 
Sgt.   Henry   A.   Schroeder,   19   S.   8th   St., 

Minneapolis. 
Sgt.    Robert    A.    Taylor,    Grand    Forks, 

North   Dak. 
Corp.    Harold    C.    Bell,    Arkansas    City, 

Kans. 
Corp.   Benj.   R.    Bryan,   Clio,    Iowa. 
Corp.    Ray    E.    Downer,    Muscatine,    la. 

R    3 
Corp.    Geo.    F.    Fairbourn,    2898    S.    7th 

St.  E.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Corp.  Bert  W.  Fern,  217  Bates  Ave.,  St. 

Paul. 
Corp.    Frank    J.   Geers,    1202    N.    9th   St., 

Quincy,   111. 
Corp.    Raymond    G.   Golinghorst,    Dixon, 

la. 
Corp.  Chris  O.  Gunhus,  Fosston.  Minn. 
Corp.     Ernest    G.    Hoelscher,     569    Van 

Buren  St..  St.  Paul. 
Corp.  Altie  W.  Johnson,  Osceola,  Mo. 
Corp.  Wm.  B.  Juillerat.  Kenmore,  Ohio. 
Corp.  Carl  A.  Lenz,  Lacon,   111. 
Corp.    John    M.    Lesion.    233    Humboldt 

Ave.    N,   Minneapolis. 
Corp.    Wm.    J.   Marshall,    3725    Compton 

Ave..  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Corp.   Lenny   M.   Orr,    Conesville.   la. 
Corp.  Wm.   R.   Stark,   Bettebdorf.   la. 
Corp.    James    R.    Thompson,    6328    Ind. 

Ave.,   Chicago,   111. 
Corp.    Herbert    J.    Trost,    Philo.    111. 
Corp.    Julius    Van    Acker,    Washington, 

D.   C. 
Corp.  W.  E.  Ward,   1306  E.  Washington 

St.,   Joliet,    111. 
Corp.    George   C.   Wyland.   Avoc'a.   Minn. 
Cook  Adam  Dandyan,   1825  E.  Lake   St., 

Minneapolis. 
Cook   Panos  A.   Frangos,    606    Hennepin 

Ave.,   Minneapolis. 
Cook     Albert    A.     Hohenstein,     Loretto, 

Minn. 
Steve  Nichols,  116  2d  >ve„  Minneapolis. 
Chief    Mech.     Harrv    W.     Nelson,     1415 
Portland  Ave..  Minneapolis. 


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Appendix 


Chief   Mech.    Edward    H.    Home,    Chan- 
dler,   Ariz. 
Stech.   John    F.    Anderson,   2213   Chicago 

Ave..  Minneapolis. 
Mech.    Harry    Holm,    2425    33d    Ave.    S., 

Minneapolis. 
Mech.     Charles     E.     McKay,     Concordia, 

Kans. 
Mech.    Edwin    H.   Middagh,    St.   Charles, 

Minn. 
Saddler   Clarence   E.    Wagner,   Donnell- 

son,  la. 
Bugier    Julius    O.    Hovelsrud,    1912    Sth 

Ave.  S-,  Minneapolis. 
Bugler  Ole  L.  Mohler,  Bedford,  la. 
Wag.    John   H.    Bultena,    Lennox,    South 

Dak. 
Wag.  John  D.  Dietz,  Ringgold,  Ga. 
Wag.     Herman     C.     Killers,     Le     Claire, 

Iowa. 
Wag.  Emil  T.  Giese,  Walcott,  la. 
Wag.    Wm.    H.    Hatfield,    1200 %    E.    4th 

St.,  Muscatine,   la. 
Wag.    Warren    S.    Higbee.    Silver    Lake, 

Kans. 
Wag.   Garrett  H.   Hyink,   Moline,   111. 
Wag.     Carl     F.     Kruse,     West    Liberty, 

Iowa. 
Wag.    Wm.    H.    Lensch,    1925    Marquette 

St.,  Davenport,  la. 
Wag.     Raymond     R.     Rohlfs,     Eldridge, 

Iowa. 
Wag.    Peter    A.     Schneckloth,    Jackson, 

Minn. 
Wag.  Fred  Schultz.  Peoria,  111. 
Wag.      Leonard      Stevenson,      Scotland, 

South  Dak. 
Wag.   Walter   C.   Treloar,   Colton,   South 

Dak. 
Wag.    Jacob   D.   Van   Camp,    606   W.    5th 

St.,   Muscatine,  la. 
Wag.   John   Weiss,   2130   Queen  Ave.  N., 

Minneapolis. 
Wag.    Fred   H.    Wenger,    Junction    City. 

Kans. 


1st  Class  Privates. 

Carl  E.  Anderson,   Planoa,  Iowa. 

Earl  E.  Benson,  517  Maple  Ave.,  Mus- 
catine,  la. 

Martin  Bergie,  Warwick,  North  Dak. 

Vaino  Bjork,  3209  43d  Ave.  S.,  Minne- 
apolis. 

Elmo  L.  Braden,  Lomax,  Neb. 

Clarence  R.  Buckman.  West  Liberty,  la. 

Herbert  Dietz,  Walcott,  la. 

Carl  C.   Fabritz,  Ottumwa,  la. 

Horace    B.    Fahrenkrup,    Davenport,    la. 

Roscoe  C.  Fowler,  911  E.  7th  St.,  Musca- 
tine, la. 

Alberto  Gregory,  Great  Falls,  Mont. 

Kirk  G.  Grunder.  Wilton  Junction.  la. 

Carl  F.  Hansen,  Davenport,  la.,  R.  3. 

Orvy  E.  Henderson,  Savannah,  Mo. 

John  W.  Hurley,  5016  Florence  Blvd., 
Omaha,  Neb. 

Herman   Hyatt,   Elkhart,   Kans. 

John  W.  Kempe,  Miranda.  South  Dak. 

Heman  C.  Kindler,  1239  Dale  St.,  Mus- 
catine,   la. 

Henry  J.   Kubesh,  Olivia,   Minn. 

Louis    Kvasnicka,    Wakeeney,    Kans. 

Oscar  R.   McGhee,   Doniphan,   Mo. 

Henry  O.  Mathews,  Fontana,  Kans. 

Wayland  R.  Mathis,  712  5th  St.,  Mus- 
catine, la. 

George  F.  Moorman,  1607%  Washing- 
ton St.,  Davenport,   la. 

Aloysios  J.    Murphy,   Larchwood,   la. 

Ben  Nelson,  4606  Camden  Ave.,  Minne- 
apolis. 

Leigh  A.  Pantel.  Muscatine,  la..  R.  1. 

Herbert  F.  Reichert,  Muscatine.  la., 
R.  1. 

Edward  Remmy.  Lower  Salem,  Ohio. 

John    E.    Roberts,    Williamsburg,    Iowa. 

Fred  G.  Roth,  Minooka,  111. 

Elwood  Simmons,  Rock  Island,  111. 

Otto  H.  Smith,   Fairfax.  South   Dak. 

Ira   C.    Stender.    Cumberland.    la. 

Nels  G.   Strom,  Idaho  Falls.   Idaho. 

Wm.  A.  Thiering.  3236  Rockingham 
Road.   Davennort,    Iowa. 

Ernest  C.  Tomfeld,  Letts.  Iowa. 

Seath  G.   Weis.   Buffalo.  la. 

James    R.    West.    Shelbvville.    Mo. 

Leon  A.  Wright.  838  Sth  St.,  Des 
Moines.  la. 

Clarence  D.  Wyckhoff,  Cincinnati.  la. 

Privates. 

George   W.  Allen,  Lebo.   Kans. 

Fred  E.  Aull,  714  W.  8th  St.,  Muscatine, 

la. 
Russell   W.   Baker,   Colfax.   la. 
Joseph  Bergie.  Warwick.  North  Dak. 
Leon  Bingham,  Lake  Andes.  South  Dak. 
Ervin  D.   Bollhoefer,  Laurel,   la. 
Henry     L.     Buchman,      Council     Grove, 

Kans. 
Albert  J.  Burry,  Victor,  la. 
Harry  A.  Cline.  Lynneville,  la. 
Ralph  R.  Coe.  Moorehead.  Kans. 


(Koster,  337th  F.  A.,  Continued) 

Harvey   Davis.   Ottumwa,  la. 
Walter  H.   Drier,   Davenport,   la. 
Earl  H.  English,  Boswell,  South  Dak. 
Harry  L.  Fryberger,  Muscatine,   la. 
Ralph  A.   Fuller,  Muscatine,  la. 
Edward    F.    Gill,    Austin,    Minn. 
Henry  Grasser,   West  Amana,   Iowa. 
Edward  Harder.  Wilton  Junction,  la. 
Emmett  H.  Hargis,   Chillicothe,  Iowa. 
Laddie  G.  Haskin,  Sylvia,  Kans. 
William   Helling,    Fort   Madison.    la. 
Elmer  W.  Highley,   Le  Roy,   Kans. 
Harold  S.  Holm,  Arlington,  South   Dak. 
Fred  W.  Johns,   Bonaparte,  Iowa. 
Ralph   Kierns.   Lansing,   Kans. 
Clarence  R.  Kennedy,  Mason  City,  la. 
Albert  G.  Kline,  Rosendale,  Mo. 
Ernest  A.   Koehler,  Grafton,   la. 
Harry  Kroeze,  Orange  City,  la. 
Albert  J.   Kruiger,   Muscatine,   la. 
Vernon  L.  Leonhard,  Muscatine,  la. 
Wm.  E.  Looby,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Rodman  J.  McManus,  Daugherty,  la. 
Adolph  G.  Martz.  Muscatine,  la. 
John  W.  Mendenhall,  Cedar  Rapids,  la. 
Arthur   Mills,   New   Boston,   111. 
Henry  C.  Mische,  Great  Bend.  Kans. 
Albert  Moldenschardt.   Dewitt,  Iowa. 
Irving  S.  Morey,  Le  Claire,  la. 
Blaine   J.   Morrison,   Centerville,   la. 
Otis  C.  Needles,  Centerville,  la. 
Newcomb,  Frank  J.,  Volunteer,  S.  D. 
Poorbaugh,  Samuel  W.,  Farrer,  la. 
Puck.  Gustav  A.,  Davenport.  la..  R.  5. 
Ralfs.  Ben,   Davenport,   la.,  R.  2. 
Roe,  Louis  F.,  Buffalo,  la. 
Schaefer.  Charles    Davenport,  la.,  R.  1. 
Schlelfer,  Frank  H..  Buffalo  Center,  la. 
Share.  George  A.,  Belle   Plaine,  la. 
Steffenson.  Laurs  P.,  Seymour,  la. 
Steward,  Hector,  Bayard.  la. 
Studer,  Aloysios,  Carnarvon,  la. 
Subject,   Henry  S.,   Greenbush.   Minn. 
Terrell.   Tim.  South   Ottumwa,  la. 
Tomnkin.     Walter    C,     Redfield,     South 

Dak. 
Trabares.  George,  Delagua.  Colo. 
Van  Rheenon    Samuel.  Pella.  la. 
Wade,  Rollo  C.  693  18th  St..  Des  Moines, 

la. 
Williams,  Earl,  Hugoton.  Kans. 
Williams.  Johnson  C,  Tuscaloosa.  Ala. 
Wilson,  Wm.  H.,  Campaign.  111. 
Wiseman,   Henry   L.,  Agency,   Iowa. 
Worf,   Francis   S.    Syracuse.    Kans. 
Youngers,  Benj.,  Le  Claire,   la. 

One-Time    Members    of    the     Battery. 

(transferred      on      board      the       Sierra 

or  in   France.) 

Medcalf,    Clarence     E.,    Sgt.    Maj.,     3609 

Clinton   Ave.,   Minneapolis. 
Ericks.   Arthur  J.,   Corp.,   717   W   3d   St.. 

Davenport.  la. 
Noll,    Frank    A.,    Corp.,    Muscatine,    la., 

R.  5. 
Susank,       Alfred,       Wag.,       Hoisington, 

Kans. 
Branch,  Robert  C,  Wag.,  Creede.  Colo. 

Privates. 

Bear,   Mose  W.,   Piano,  la.,   R.   1. 
Blanding,  Olro  N.,   Formosa.  Kans. 
Brisbine,  Cardell  J..  Moline,  111.,  R.  3. 
Collins.    Thomas    C,    Underwood,    North 

Dak. 
Evans,    Bailey,    1530    Savanna    Ave.,    St. 

Joseph.  Mo. 
Exline,   John,    Worthington,   Mo. 
Friedericks.    Fred,    1531    W.    Lucas    St., 

Davenport,  la. 
Howard,  Bertram  D..  Ireton.  la. 
Kessler,  Fred  L.,  Rock  Valley.  la. 
McDonald.  Wendell  P.,  Cincinnati,  la. 
Mcintosh.  Clinton   R..   Monument    Kans. 
Michals.  Japser  E.,  Norton.   »vans. 
Neihouse.    Leo    C,    Clarksvil'e,    Ark. 
Van   Dolah,  Fred   C.   Basil.  Kans..   R.   1. 
Slaughter.  Vernon  W..   Pri-c^ton,  la. 


BATTKHY    K. 


Maxey,    Jesse    E.,    Capt.,    San    Antonio, 

Texas. 
Gewalt,    Carl    H.,    1st    Lieut'.,    Brecken- 

ridge,  Minn. 
Gates,   Frederick    K..   1st    Lieut.,   500   E. 

4th  St..  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
McManus,    James    R.,    2nd    Lieut.,    1001 

Morgan  St.,  Keokuk,   la. 
King,    Egbert    H.,    2nd   Lieut.,    Danville. 

Iml. 
Stillinger.  Charles.   2nd   Lieut.,   620  Elm 

St.,  Moscow,  Idaho. 
Armstrong.  George   A..  2nd  Lieut..  32  E. 

61st  St.,  New  York  Citv. 


Ross,  H.  C,  2d  Lieut.,  Grand  Ave.,  New- 
burgh,   N.    Y. 

Ahern,  Michael  C,  1st  Sgt.,  3943  Stevens 
Ave.,   Minneapolis. 

Hudak,    John,    Sgt.,    1711    5th    Ave.    S., 
Minneapolis. 

Whelan,  Wm.  D.,  Sgt.,   914   3rd  Ave.  N., 
Minneapolis. 

Jargstorf,   Geo.,  Corp.,   Reinbeck,   la. 

Smith,    Percy    R.,    Pvt.    1st   CI.,    Central 
City,  Nebr. 

Swigart,    Charles,    Bugler,    836    Ave.   A., 
Galesburg,   111. 

Babcock,    Dee    O.     Pvt.,    220    W.    Wilson 
St.,  Ottumwa,  la. 

Pederson,  Hans  A.,  Northwood,   Iowa. 

Shipley,  Isaac  C,  R.  F.   D.  No.  2,  Birm- 
ingham, Iowa. 

Shirlaw,    Wm.    H.,    Pvt.    1st   CI.,    What- 
cheer,   la. 

Stanek.  Thomas  A.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Fort 
Dodge,   la. 

Zwald,  Charles  H.,  Corp.,  3104  Cherokee 
St..  Fort  Madison,  la. 

Lemke.  Wesley  «.,  Cook,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1, 
Dows,  la. 

Molzen,   August   H.,   Pvt.    1st   CI.,   R.   F. 
D.  No.  1,  Vinton,  la. 

Northcutt,  Alger,  Lynville,  la. 

Carlson,    Phillip    E.,    732    S.   Ottawa   St., 
Joliet,   HI. 

Durham,  Donald,   Fremont,  Nebr. 

Ford.    Henry    E.,    R.    F.    D.    No.    3,    Ce- 
ment. Okla. 

Schreier,  Joseph,  Alton,  la. 

Lahn,  John  F.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Belle  Plaine, 
la. 

Young,  Ralph  I.,   R.  F.  D.   No  4,  Keota, 
la 

Beacham,  Guy  T.,  Garden  City,  Kans. 

Bruckbeck,  Ole,    Stuart,  N.  D. 

Barrett,  Taylor  C,  Albert  St.,   Martins- 
burg,   W.    Va. 

Strait,   Walter   L.,   Corp.,   Humboldt,   la. 

Vander,  Waal,   James,  Pvt.   1st  CI.,  Pel- 
la,    la. 

Lettengarver,  Wm.  J.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  1359 
Brompton  St.,  St.  Paul,   Minn. 

Witty,    Walter    H.,    Sgt.,    702    N.    Minne- 
sota Ave.,  St.  Peter,  Minn. 

Bartholet,  Frank  T.,  Corp.,  Bird   Island, 
Minn. 

Lynch,    Bert    L,    Pvt.,    R.    F.    D.    No.    1, 
Grundy    Center,   la. 

Knutson,    Edw.  C.    P.,   Grafton,   N.   Dak. 

Allison,  Alb.,   Pvt..  Boone,  la. 

Gibbs,   John   A.,   Chief  Mech.,   1122   27th 
Ave.   N..   Minneapolis. 

Wood,    Michael   M.,    Mess   Sgt.,    Sheldon, 
la. 

Laftin,   Fletcher,   Pvt.,  Gen.   Del.,  Reece, 
Kans. 

Nelson,    Emil    P.,    Pvt.,    2912    Vine    St.. 
Denver,   Colo. 

Johnson,  Geo.   W.,  Corp.,  R.  F.  D.   No.  3 
Cedar  Falls,  la. 

Harrer,   Jacob   S.,   Sgt.,   2106   N.   4th   St., 
Minneapolis. 

Winnike,    Herman,    Pvt.    1st    CI.,    West 
Point,  la. 

Taylor,  Fred  C,  Bugler,  4800  Lake  Har- 
riet   Blvd.,   Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Vermazen,  John  E.,  Pvt.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1, 
Montrose,    Iowa. 

Ashton.   Rae,  Sgt.,  Vernal,   Utah. 

Pieper,    Harry,    Corp.,   2024   Willow    St., 
Minneapolis. 

Williams,      Clinton,     Supply     Sgt.,     3116 
Dupont  Ave.   S.,  Minneapolis. 

Johannaber,   Arthur  G.,  Corp.,   Warren- 
ton.   Mo. 

Pearsall,    Geo.    S.,    Cook,    1212    3rd    St., 
Perry,  la. 

Lass.     Francis     E.,     Corp.,     Ipswich,     S. 
Dak. 

Litchfield,  Craton,  Pvt.,   R.  F.   D.  No.  2, 
Raymond,   Kans. 

Steiner,   Jos.,   J.,   Pvt.,    R.  F.   D.,  Clallin, 
Kans. 

Sanford.  Harry  B.,   Hill   Citv,   Kans. 

Myhres.   Edwin.  R.  F.    D.  No.  5,  Arling- 
ton,  South    Dak. 

Ward,  Theodore,   Cook.    Eddyville,  la. 

Boyle,  Thomas  P..  Pvt.   1st  CI.,   R.  F.  D. 
No.  2,   Oakdale,  111. 

Larson,    Gunwell,   A.,    Pvt.    Is   CI..    Nor- 
way,   la. 

Weber,  Andrew.  Park.  Kans. 

Bruce.  Carl  L,  2nd  St.  S.,  Indianola.  la. 

Vratisovsky,    Jos.    W.,   R.    F.    D.    No.    3. 
Tama.  Iowa. 

Wiese,    Edward   A..   Keystone,   la. 

Meany,   Richard   W.,   Cook,   Rose  Creek, 
Minn. 

Cavin.  Leroy,  Corp.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4.  Cale- 
donia, Minn. 

Moline,    Axel.    Mech..    314    19th    Ave.    S., 
Minneapolis. 

Vifquain,  Victor  D.,  Corp.,  R.   F.   D.  No. 
1.  Belle  Plain.-,   [a. 

Beyer,   Alb.  H.,  Washington  St.,   Hamp- 
ton, la. 

Qinicyhaegan,    Henry,    R.    F.    D.    No.    3, 
Many.   Louisiana. 

Krlstiansen,  Niels  K..  Pvt.   1st  CI.,   1191 
Bluff  St.,  Cedar  Falls.  la. 


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169 


Goode,  Frank  J.,  3106  Orville  St.,  Kan- 
sas City,   Kans. 

OMalley,  Mattie  C,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  733 
Bradley  St.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Thornton,  Charles  C,  Cammilla,  Ga. 

Stallman,  Herman,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Temple- 
ton,  la. 

Reazin,  Raymond  A.,  Pvt.  1st  CI., 
Macksville,  Kans. 

Green,   Charles  P.,  Corp.,   Henry,  111. 

Sulzbach,  Manuel,  Chief  Mech.,  Cava- 
lier,  No.   Dak. 

Rice.   Stuart   E.,  G.   D.  Lyndon,  Kans. 

Koch,  Gerald,  R.  F.  D.  No.  6,  Hampton, 
la. 

Douglas,  Harry  M.,  Pvt.  1st.  CI.,  Box  33, 
Miller,   la. 

Gronvall,  Bertil,  Sgt.,  2115  10th  Ave.  S., 
Minneapolis. 

Seaman,  Wm„  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  West  8th 
St.,   Ft.  Madison,   la. 

Peppers,  Gale  F.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Groton, 
S.   D. 

Lee,  Henrv  O.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Box  100, 
Gary,  Minn. 

Gelling,  Robert  W.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Fred- 
erick,  S.   D. 

Bergland,  Elmer  O.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Lake 
Mills,   la. 

Swanke,  Albert  H.,  Pvt.  1st  CI., 
Augusta,   Wis. 

Bittner,  Harry  H.,  Coal  Citv,  111. 

Patee,  Claude  E.,  Hallet,  Kans. 

Bannon,  James  E.,  Corp.,  805  Jackson 
St.,  Peoria,   111. 

Smith,  Louis  J.,  215  W.  5th  St.,  Chanute, 

Kans. 
Silvers,  Clarence,  R.  F.  D.,  Leighton,  la. 
Hollister.  Lemuel,  R.   F.   D.  No.   1,  Vav- 

land,  S.   Dak. 
Greaser,  Lewis   L,   Corp.,  1112  1st  Ave., 

Vinton,  la. 
Stanton,   Midge,    2419   Lafayette   St.,   St. 

Joseph,  Mo. 
Souders,   Benj.  H.,   Eureka,   Kans. 
Reeves,    Otho.    F.,    Gen.    Del.,    Atwood, 

Kans. 
Wilson.   Chas.   B.,   Corp.,   Hugo    Mo. 
Whittaker,  Martin  L„  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  R.  F. 

D.   No.   3,  Washington,  la. 
Ostmo,  Gilbert  G.,  R.  F.  D.   No.  2,  Ken- 
sett,   la. 

Small,   Hazel  D.,   Richmond,   la. 
Iorwood,  Sverre,  2313  26th  Ave.  S.,  Min- 
neapolis. 
Fredericks,   Henry   G.,    Pvt.    1st    CI.     R. 

F.  D.  No.  2,  Hampton,  la. 
Spears,    Roy    W.,    613    South    10th    St., 

Kansas  City,  Kans. 
McKean,    Leslie    G.    Sgt.,    3309    Aldrich 

Ave.   S.,   Minneapolis. 
Karschunke,   Robert   A.,    Corp.,    3341    N. 

Claremont  Ave..  Chicago. 
Zuehlke.  Frank  T.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  R.  F.  D. 

No.  1,  Douds,  la. 
Wheelan,   Frank   N.,   Pvt.   1st   CI.    R.   F 

D.   No.    3,   Washington,   la. 
Slawson,  Harry  E.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  R.  F.  D 

No.  2,   Rea,  Mo. 
Frandson.   Wm.,   R   F.   D.,   Forrest  Citv, 

la. 
Troxell,  Leon   E.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Jefferson, 

la. 

Strickler,  Luther  M.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Block- 

ow,  Mo. 
Wilson,   Aubrey   C,   Corp.,   Table    Rock, 

Nebr. 
Schoiten,  John,  R.  F.   D.  No.   1,  Bovden, 

la. 
Campbell,    Charles   D.,    Corp.,    R.    F.    D. 

No.   3,   Audobon,    la. 
Bollman,   Fred   C,   322   New  St.,   Peoria, 

Smail,  Loy,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Birming- 
ham, la. 

Boden,  John  G.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Cairo.  la. 

Burnett.    Elmer,   Meade,    Kans. 

Duke,   Henry  A.,   Corp..   Vallev,  Wise. 

Sheppard,  Lewis  D..  Jr.,  Corp.  512  N 
5th    St.,    Keokuk,   la. 

Honer,  Paul  J.,  317  N.  7th  St.,  Monroe, 
Da. 

Ritter,  Roy  A.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Blakes- 
burg,  la. 

Struve.   Rudolph,   Elberton,  la. 

Stebinger.  Edward,  Pvt.  1st  CI..  1726 
Bank  St.,  Keokuk,  la. 

Myers.  Daniel  W.,  R.  F.  D.,  Edson,  Kans. 

Briney.  Wm.  L..  Corp.,  Esterville,  la. 

Schoning,  Richard,  R  F.  D.  No.  1,  Chap- 
in,  la. 

Anderson,  Hans  C,  Sgt.,  1043  Santa  Fe 
Ave.,  Berkeley,   Cal. 

Burkle,  Chris  F.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Ackley. 
la. 

Hollerich.  Joseph  F.,  Corp.,   300  E.  Erie 

St..   Spring  Valley,  111. 
Cimmers.  Bennie.  Ackley,  la. 
Lewis.    Everette   V.,   Denton.   Mont. 
Menning,   Ralph,   R.  F.  D.  No.   1,   Alton, 

la. 
Paulson,      Carl      C,      Faxe.      Denmark, 

Prasta   Amt.   Sjelland. 
Felt.  Geo.  H.,  41  E.  1st  St.  N.,  Salt  Lake 

City,  Utah. 


(Heater,  :W7th  P.  A.,  Continued) 

Beemer,  Orris  A.,  Corp.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1, 
Hampton,  la. 

Agar,  Emerson  G.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  R.  F.  D. 
No.   1.   Hannah,   N.   Dak. 

James,  Lee  C,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Burden, 
Kans. 

Aagaard,  Tony  S.,  Mech.,  Box  114,  Elk- 
horn,  la. 

]>enault,  Antime,  379  Common  St.,  Law- 
rence, Mass. 

Beaver,  Samuel,  R.  F.  D.,  Manly,  la. 

Hammar,  John  R.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  423  9th 
Ave.  S.,  St.   Cloud,  Minn. 

Bielefeld,  Charles  A.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Good- 
ell,  la. 

Prymeck,  Homer  W.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2, 
Ainsworth,   la. 

Birgelen,  Walter  M.,  Sgt.,  313S  Elliott 
Ave.,  Minneapolis. 

Campbell,   Eugene   L.,   Mech.,  Milan,   111. 

Humsey,  Earl  S.,  Codell,  Kans. 

Haberthier,   Wm.,   Case,   Mo. 

Hawley.  Geo..  Aitkin,  Minn. 

Pottebaum,  Frank  J.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  R.  F. 
D.   No.  2,  Alton,   la. 

Goddard.   Ross,  Belle  Rive,  111. 

Smith,  Fred  R.,  De  Kalb,  Mo. 

Slider,   Lawrence  A.,  Dewey,  S.   Dak. 

Bliss,  Fred  G.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Corning,   la. 

Epstein.  Harvey  H.,  Sgt.,  500  Sutter 
Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Christensen,  Hans  N.,  P.  O.  Box  162, 
Latimer,   la. 

Emcke,   Henry,  R.  F.   D.,  Newhall,  la. 

Logsden,  Willie,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  Stahl,  Mo. 

Church,  James  W.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Cyl- 
inder, la. 

Fullerton,  Leon  T.,  Columbus  Junction, 
la. 

Berry,  Lloyd  L.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  R.  F.  D. 
No.  2.  Vinton,  la. 

Hallie,  Wm  T.,  1611  N.  Joplin  St.,  Pitts- 
burg,  Kans. 

Brandon,  Jerome  T*;,   Butler,  Mo. 

Snell,  Elijah  H.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4,  Callao, 
Mo. 

Fix,  Louis  F.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  R.  F.  D.  No. 
1,  Atkins,  la. 

Sorenson,  Otto,  Sgt.,  1918  Portland  Ave., 
Minneapolis. 

Thomsen,   Thorvald,  Newell.   la. 

Moe,   Henry  B.,   Leroy,   Minn. 

Brownlie,  Earle,  Corp.,  721  E.  13th  St., 
Davenport,  la. 

Stock,  Percy  J.,  Corp.,  3533  Blaisdell 
Ave.,  Minneapolis. 

Steele.  Meryl  V,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  520  N. 
Iowa  Ave..   Washington.    la. 

Markham,   Ellis,  Alexander,    la. 

TRANSFERRED. 

Tircher,  Albert,  Sgt.,  Trsfd.  to  Base 
Hospital,  Knottv  Ash  Camp,  England. 

Zane.  Alvie  W.,  Mech..  Trsfd.  to  Base 
Hospital   79,    St.    Andre,   France. 

FIRST    CLASS    PRIVATES. 

Lytle,    Charles  R.,   Trsfd.    to   Base   Hos- 
pital 30,   Royat,   France. 
Holmes,   Jesse.   Trsfd.  on   USS   Sierra. 
Steele,  Oliver  S.,   Trsfd.   on  USS  Sierra. 

PRIVATES. 

Barkley,  James  O,  Trsfd.  on  board  ship 
USS  Sierra  Jan.  19,  1919. 

Claypool,  Delos  N.,  Trsfd.  on  board  ship 
USS  Sierra  Jan   19,  1919. 

Creabil,  Arthur  W.,  Trsfd.  to  Provi- 
sional Replacement  Unit.  Clermont 
Ferrand,   France    Oct.   29.   1918. 

Deroin,  Louis,  Trsfd.   on  USS  Sierra. 

Goings,  Randall  F.,  Trsfd.  to  Camp 
Hospital  No.   2,   Bordeaux,   France. 

Hackbarth,  Leroy,  Trsfd.  on  ship  USS 
Sierra. 

Hill,  Howard  H.,  Trsfd.  on  ship  USS 
Sierra. 

Ladd,  Claude  E.,  Trsfd.  to  Base  Hospital 
No.   30.  Royat.  France. 

Logan,  Earl  Z.,  Trsfd.  to  Camp  Hospital, 
Bordeaux.  France. 

McMillan.  George  T.,  Trsfd.  to  Base 
Hospital   No.   30,   Royat,    France. 

Morrison,  Frank  D.,  Trsfd.  to  Base  Hos- 
pital No.   30,  Royat.    France. 

McTigue,  Joseph  L.,  Trsfd.  to  Base  Hos- 
pital   No.    30,    Rovat.    France. 

Stout.  John  W..  Trsfd.  to  Base  Hospital 
No.   30.  Royat,   France. 

Warnock.  John  F.,  Trsfd.  to  Base  Hos- 
pital   No.    30,   Royat,    France. 

Watts.  Vernon  S.,  Trsfd.  to  Base  Hos- 
pital No.  30.  Royat,  France. 

Wilmoth,  Charles  R..  Trsfd.  to  Base 
Hospital  No.  79,  St.  Andre,  France. 

Withem,  Oliver  T..  Trsfd.  on  USS  Sierra. 

Wonsbeck,  Martin.  Trsfd.  to  Base  Hos- 
pital No.   30,   Royat,   France. 

DEATHS    IX    BATTERY    E    ABROAD. 

Anderson.  Peter  H.,  Cook,  died  at  Ger- 
zat.    France,    Oct.    26,    1918. 

Angel.  Henry,  Pvt.,  died  at  Base  Hos- 
pital No.  30.  Rovat,  France,  Oct.  21, 
1918. 


Barton,  Cliff,  Pvt.,  died  at  Base  Hos- 
pital No.  30,  Royat,  France,  Oct.  16, 
1918. 

Bradley,  James  F.,  Pvt.,  died  at  Base 
Hospital  No.  30,  Royat,  France,  Oct. 
21,    1918. 

Crowder,  Henry  R.,  Pvt.,  died  at  Base 
Hospital  No.  30,  Royat,  France,  Oct. 
27,    1918. 

DeFord,  Fletcher  G.,  Pvt.,  died  Oct.  21, 
1918,  at  Gerzat,  France. 

Dickinson,  William  A.,  Pvt.  1st  CI.,  died 
at  Base  Hospital  No.  30,  Royat, 
France,  Oct.  19,   1918. 

Eckler,  Robert,  Pvt.,  died  Oct.  23,  1918, 
at  Gerzat,   France. 

Hammon,  Clarence,  Pvt.,  died  Oct.  27, 
1918,  at  Gerzat,  France. 

Reyelts,  John  H.,  Pvt.,  died  at  Gerat, 
France,   Oct.   25,    1918. 

Schneider,  Max,  Pvt.,  died  at  Base  Hos- 
pital  No.   30,  Nov.  30,  1918. 

Valvick.  Ernest  R.,  Pvt.,  died  at  Ger- 
zat, France,  Oct.  28,  1918. 

Von  Muenster,  William,  Pvt.,  died  Oct, 
26.  1918,  at  Gerzat,  France. 

Wesa,  Arthur  J.,  Pvt.,  died  at  Infirm- 
ary, Gerzat,  France,  Oct.  28,  1918. 


MATTERY   F. 


Capt.     Walter     Kennedy,     27     Kenwood 

Parkway,   St.   Paul,   Minn.,   Command- 
ing. 
Lt.      William      L.     Hixon,     Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
Lt.   A.    G.   Ueland,   Minneapolis,    Minn. 
Lt.   Elmer  Cords,  c/o  David  P.   Jones  & 

Co.,      McKnight      Bldg.,      Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
Lt.   Edward   Simonet,   Stillwater,   Minn. 
Lieutenant   Burgess. 
Aarhus,  Nels  G.,  Corp.    Borup,  Minn 
Adams,  Albert  S.,  LeMars,  la. 
Alexanderson,  Theo.  C,  Fullerton,  N    D 
Anderson,    Albin    C,    R.    No.    2.    Balsam 

Lake.   Wis. 
Bank,  Chas.,  Corp.,  1019  Bryant  Ave.  N„ 

Minneapolis,   Minn. 
Barbaro,    Edgar    M..    Sgt.,    1147    Broad- 
way,  Paducah,  Ky. 
Bartlett,    Charley   L,  Solon,   la. 
Beechye,  Peter  L.,   Hancock,  Mich 
Beck,   Martin,    Iuka,    Kans. 
Bell,  Merle  J.,  7  Riverview  Crt.,  Daven- 
port,  la. 
Bender,   William  H.,  New   Hampton,  la. 
Beranek,  Geo.  C,  943  E.  Davenport  St., 

Iowa  City,  la. 
Berg.  Oscar  C.  H,   Sgt.,    1809   14th  Ave. 

S.,  Minneapolis,   Minn. 
Berge.  Osmund  S.,  Corp.,   760  E.  Benton 

St.,  Morris,  111. 
Bersano,   Joseph,    Thayer,    HI. 
Berwald,   Walter   E.,   Corp.,    718   W.   7th 

St.,    Davenport,   la. 
Birrell,   Robert  B.,   265   S.   11th  W.,   Salt 

Lake   City,   Utah. 
Black.    David    E„    6541    Campbell    Ave., 

Chicago,  111. 
Blumer,  Charlie  W.,  R.  No.  3,  Unionville, 

la. 
Bohler,  Haaken,   1st  Sgt.,  1912  14th  Ave. 

S.,    Minneapolis,    Minn. 
Boswitz,   Sam   D.,   Sgt.,   110   Park  Place, 

Venice.  Cal. 
Boulton,   Glenn   D„    R.   No.   3,   Columbus 

Jet..    la. 
Brandon,   Thos.   H.,  Sgt.,  3928   29th  A"e. 

S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Bright,  John   H.,   Lineville    la. 
Brittain,  Fred  H.,  Sedgwick,  Kans. 
Buchanan,  Lee  L,  Corp.,  4  Cottage  Ave., 

Hamilton,   Ontario,  Can. 
Burns,    Lawrence    A.,    934    S.    Linn    St., 

Iowa  City,  la. 
Buysse,    Julius   E.,   Corp..    5th   St.    &    3d 

Ave..  Silvis,  111. 

Campbell.    Howard,   Gen.    Del.,    Tacoma 

Wash. 
Cannon,  Gerald  T.,  Corp.,  Brayton,  la. 
Carlson,    Edwin    S.,    2115    29th    Ave.    S., 

Minneapolis.  Minn. 
Carpenter,  James  F.,  R.  No.  4,  Lebanon, 

Kans. 
Chapman,    Max,   334   S.   Main   St.,    Albia. 

la. 
Cooper,    Hubert,    Seymour,   la. 
Croft.   Scott.   R.  No.   2,  Victor,  la. 
Cross,  Jim  B..  R.  No.5,   Corydon,  la. 
Dedrick.   Fred   M.,   Alma,   Nebr. 
Dennis.   Conrad  L.    Bucklin,  Kans. 
Dikken,    Eddie,    R.    No.    1,    Clara    City. 

Minn. 
Doonan,    John    J.,    905    Stone    St.,    Great 

Bend.    Kans. 
Edwards.  LeRoy,  R.   No.  6,  Chariton,  la. 
Egbert.  Archie  L.,  Lock  Springs,  Mo. 
Ellsworth.  Ray  J..  312  S.  11th  St.,  Aber- 
deen,  S.    D. 
Estrada.    Andrew.    Massena,    Iowa. 
Evans,  William,  Sgt.,  12  6th  St.  S..  Great 

Falls.    Mont. 


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Appendix 


Felkner,  Arthur  B.,  R.  No.  3.  Center- 
ville,   la. 

F.  rguson,   Merle  C,  Panora,  la. 

Fisher,  Wm.  G.,  Sgt.,  1214  Sth  St.  S., 
Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Forgy.  Glen,  Centralia,   Kans. 

Gage,  Louder  H.,  Letts,   ia. 

Gaivin,  Howard  A.,  123  X.  Hendrick  St., 
Fort    Scott,    Kans. 

Qarber,  Harrison,  Sgt.,  436  Barker  Ave., 
Peoria,  ill. 

Geiger,    Lester    C.,    Corp.,    Mendota,    111. 

Gibbons,  Rodney  H.,  Elrose,  Sask.,  Can. 

Ginn,  Charles  W.,  4301  18th  Ave., 
Rock   Island,   111. 

Goddard,   John   W.,   Ingalls,   Kans. 

Greene,   Ira  R.,  Columbus  City,  Iowa. 

Greazel,  Fred,  R.  No.  8,  Iowa  City,  Ia. 

Guy,  Harry  A.,  Leonardtown,  St.  Mary's 
Co.,   Md. 

Hand,  Cewe  V.,  Corp.,  504  Montana  Ave., 
Peoria,  111. 

Hanson,  Charley  L.,  R.  No.  2,  Irene,  S. 
D. 

Hanson,  Fritz  W.,  Corp.,  R.  No  2,  Atlan- 
tic,  la. 

Harms,  Henry  A,  1405  S.  Tower  Grove 
Ave.,   St.   Louis,  Mo. 

Harvey,  Harry  A.,  R.  No.  4,  Fort  Dodge, 
Ia. 

Hawkins,   Wm.    E.,    Jerome,    Iowa. 

Hays,   Cam  L.,   R.  No.   2,   Moulton.   Ia. 

Heckethorn,  Howard,  Corp.,  Promise 
City,  Ia. 

Heilman,  Henry,  Harvard,  Ia. 

Heilman,  Willie,  Harvard,  Ia. 

Hendrick,  Lawrence  M.,  319  W.  9th  St., 
Stillwater,  Okla. 

Hendrickson,  John,  R.  No.  1,  Monte- 
video, Minn. 

Hendry,  Hugh  L.,  501  Landau  Ave., 
Joliet,   111. 

Herrmann,  Harry  H.,  R.  No.  1,  Orange 
City.   Ia. 

Hesselschwerdt,  Paul  W.,  Corp.,  Box  No. 
112,  Silvis,  111. 

Hills,  Otto  A.,  109  Park  Ave..  Joliet.  111. 

Hirth,  Geo.  C,  1013  Garden  St.,  Peoria, 
111. 

Holman,  Irvin  W.,  327  14th  Ave.,  Clin- 
ton, Ia. 

Horst,  Hugo  E.,  Choteau,  Mont. 

Horton,  Albert  L,  936  E.  21st  St.,  Pitts- 
burg,  Kans. 

Husby,  John  C,  Box  No.  45,  Bucyrus, 
N.  D. 

Irwin,  Leland  B..  Elwood,  Ia. 

James,  Homer  F.,  R.  No.  3,  Columbus 
Jet.,   Ia. 

Jenks,  Asael,  Blackfoot,  Idaho. 

Jensen,  Jorgen  C,  Box  No.  188,  Deer 
River,  Minn. 

Johnson,   Frank    J.,   Fertile,   Minn. 

Johnson.  Otto  T.,  401  E.  Lawrence  St., 
Blackwell.   Okla. 

Jones,  Harry,  Derby,  Ia. 


(Roster,   :t:!Tth   F.   A.,    Concluded) 

Jones,  Harrv  \\\,  1119  3d  Ave.,  Salt 
Lake   City,   Utah. 

Jones,  Lyman  B.,  LaClede,  Mo. 

Jones,    Raymond   B.,    Lenora,   Kans. 

Jordan!,   Odin   J.,   Gonvick,   Minn. 

Jordan,   John    H.,   St.   Charles,   Mo. 

Jungmann,  Joseph  B.,  Carbondale, 
Kans. 

Kaliszewski,   John,   Thorp.    Wis. 

Kaely,  Jesse,  842  S.  19th  St.,  St.  Joseph, 
Mo. 

Keppler,  Grant  W.,  Corp.,  619  N.  John- 
son  St.,  Iowa  City,  la. 

Kiene.  Henry  J.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Olpe, 
Kans. 

Kinzer,    Neil,    Albion,    Nebr. 

Klaaren,  Peter,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Eddy- 
ville,   Ia. 

Konstantakopules,  Centerville,   Ia. 

Krutsinger,  Harry  C,  R.  F.  D.  No.  7, 
Chariton,  Ia. 

Lanning,  Harry  R.,   Gilmore  City,  Ia. 

Larson,  Knute,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Cheyenne, 
N.  D. 

Lauer,  Harold  B.,  Corp.,  18%  Pine  St., 
Long  Beach,   Cal. 

Lee,  Robert  E.,  512  Grover  St.,  Musca- 
tine, Ia. 

Lensch,  Arnold,  New  Liberty,   Ia. 

Leonard,  Harold,  Corp.,  536  6th  St., 
Chariton,   Ia. 

Lynch,  Patrick  A.,  1031  Berger  Ave., 
Kansas    City,    Kans. 

McCarty,  John  J.,  1702  Warford  St.,  Per- 
ry, Ia. 

McMahon,  Hugh  D.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  3,  Fort 
Dodge,  Ia. 

McQuaid,  Charles  J.,  819  Rutland  Ave., 
Baltimore,   Md. 

Mackey,    Wm.    W.,    Ransome,    Kans. 

Maiser,  Albert  G.,  Waconia,  Minn. 

Malmo,  Gerald  M.,  Sgt.,  1114  17th  Ave. 
No.,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Masear,   Paul   W..  Paton,   Iowa. 

Martin,  Walter  A.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4,  Le- 
banon, Kans. 

Masters,  Forrest,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 

Mathieu,  Roi  P.,  Sgt..  135  14th  Ave.  N. 
E.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Middlekauff,   Glen,   Gibson,  Ia. 

Miller,  John,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Washing- 
ton, Ia. 

Miller,  Perry,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4,  Correction- 
villel  Ia. 

Mitchell,   Pierce,    Corp..    Maquoketa,   Ia. 

Molenburg,  Joseph,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Tain- 
tor,  la. 

Moler,  Clarence  L.,  Garden  City,  Kans. 

Morgan,  Eldon  M..  Rose  Hill,  Ia. 

Floyd,  Maule,  Keota,  Ia. 

Mosher,  Albert  E.,  Sgt.,  2721  University 
Ave.   S.  E.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Murray,  Charles  R.,   Corp.,  Buffalo  Cen- 

Nelson,  Arthur  O.,  926  E.  24th  St.,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 


Nelson,  Hans  C,  1405  8th  St.,  Superior, 
Wis. 

Nilson,  Benhard,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2,  Fer- 
tile, Minn.. 

Nitchman,  Peter  F.,  4432  Gibson  Ave., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Nyborg,  Joseph,  R.  F.  D.,  No.  1,  Ruthven, 
la 

Rape,  Harry  F.  L.,  Corp.,  Delmar,   Ia. 

Parker,  Albert  L.,  1308  Kent  St.,  Knox- 
ville,  Ia. 

Pearson,  Otto  F.,  1015  E.  22nd  St.,  Min- 
neapolis,  Minn. 

Peterson,  Alfred.  2748  Dupont  Ave.  S., 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Pederson,   Clifford   A.,   Nunda,    S.   D. 

Pitzer,  Leslie  H.,   Pratt,  Kans. 

Plummer,  Walter  A.,  Sgt  4375  Wood- 
dale  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Preston.    Ernest    D.,    Eldorado,    Kans. 

Quinn,  Matthew  W..   Williams,   Ia. 

Racker,  Ira  B.,  Lehi,  Utah. 

Regan,   Leo,  Whitetail,   Mont. 

Rhodes,  Robert   R..   Duncombe,  Ia. 

Riggle.  Allen   E.,   Bridgewater,   S.   D. 

Robertson,   Delbert   E.,   Athol,    Kans. 

Rocker,  Wm.  O.,  Ada,  Minn. 

Roper,  Harry  C,  406  ft  Court  St.,  Bea- 
trice, Nebr. 

Rozeveld,   Wiert,   Orange   City,    Ia. 

Rusch.  Charles,  Russell,  Kans. 

Russell,  James  A.,  Albemarle,  N.  C. 

Savin,  Sam  M..  817  N.  Fremont  Ave., 
Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Serck,   Christian  ML  Hudson,   S.  D. 

Shelby,  Charles  E.,  Barnes  City,  Ia. 

Smith.   Fern   W.,    Kensington,   Kans. 

Snyder,  Jacob  J.,  Osborne,  Kans. 

Stanbery,  Coy,  Derby,   Ia. 

Stevens,  Ernest  J.,  315  20th  Ave.  N., 
Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Stevenson,  Henry  A.,  518  S.  W.  Temple, 
Salt  Lake   City,   Utah. 

Stutville.  Olin  G,  Overland  Park,  Kans. 

Sutter,  Christian,  Paxico,  Kans. 

Swengel,   Oscar  E.,  Newton,  Kans. 

Swenson,   Carl    E..   Watertown,   Minn. 

Sykes,   Henry,   Idaho   Falls,    Idaho. 

Thompson.  Robert  E.,  Lone  Rock,  Ia. 

Trussell,  Samuel  H.,  Orchard,  Nebr. 

Trzcinski,  Anthony,  617  Trombley  Ave., 
Detroit,  Mich. 

Tyson,  Francis  D.,  Edwardsville,   Kans. 

Whitacre,  William  O..  Chillicothe,  Mo. 

Widener,  William  O.,  299  S.  Tremont  St.. 
Kansas  City.  Kans. 

Wiersma,   Johannas,  Orange   City,   Ia. 

Wright,  Raymond  N.,  Garden  City, 
Kans. 

Wyant,  Carl,  North  English,  Ia. 

Zandbergen,  Arie  V.,  Orange  City,  Ia. 

Zink.   Mance,  Meade,   Kans. 

Chizek,  Joseph,  Corp.,  2009  14th  Ave.  S., 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Roster  of  339th  F.  A. 


(PARTIAL) 


FIELD  AND   STAFF. 

Col.    Samuel    C.    Vestal,    Commanding, 

U.   S.   A. 
Lt.  Col.  (Col.)  Franc  Lecocq.  U.  S.  A. 
Lt.   Col.   Harold   DeF.   Burdick,  U.   S.  A. 
Major  W.   B.  Rosevear. 
Major  Robert  C.  Paine. 
Capt.    Arthur    M.    Risdon,    Adjutant. 
Capt.    John    E.    Stevens.    1126    Plymouth 

Bldg.,   Minneapolis,   Personnel   Officer. 
Capt.    Richard   J.   Filius,   Denver,    Colo., 

Adjt.   1st  Bn. 
Capt.     Wheelock     Whitney,     St.     Cloud, 

Minn..    Adjt.    2d    Bn. 
Capt.    Holyoke    Davis,    St.    Paul,    Minn., 

Adjt.   3d  Bn. 
Capt.   McClintock,   Adjt.,    3d    Bn. 


HEADQUARTERS     COMPANY. 

Capt.  Donald  B.  Gilchrist,  Commanding. 
Lt.     Edward     S,    Decker,     Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
Lt.  Neil  O.  Head. 

Lt.  Gustaf  R.  Nelson,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Lt.  Carroll  E.  Lewis. 
Lt.    Edward    L.   O'Connor. 
Lt.  Earl  V.  Paulson,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 
Lt.  Thomas  J.  Hughes. 
Lt.    Helmer. 
Lt.  Rudolph. 
Lt.  Trump.  Canton,  O. 
Lt.  Hickenlooper. 


Allensworth,  James  E. 
Ash,   William  E.,  Pvt. 
Bachelder,   George  O.,  Mus.   Fc. 
Baker,  Edward  V.,  Pvt. 
Barnett,    Jacob,   Pvt. 
Harnhouse,  Charles  L..  Bnd.  Sgt. 
Barnhouse,  Herbert  W.,  Mus.  1st  CI. 
Bell,  Franklin  N.,  Sgt. 
Brand,   Rube  C.   Mus.  Tc. 
Brightwell,  Harold  O..  Mus.  Tc. 
Bruecceman,  George,  Pvt. 
Cain,   Ralph   M.,   Mus.   Sc. 
Callahan,  Tom,  Cpl. 
Cash.  William  R.,  Pvt. 
Caasll,  Rodnev  T..  Wag. 
Chamberlain.  Harold  C,  Cpl. 
Cuka,  Frank  J.,  Pvt. 
Dalziel,  William  A.,  Bnd.  Sgt. 
Dalzlel,  John  B..  Sgt. 
Davis.   Ernest  M.,  Mus.   Fc. 
Day,  Ruben  E..  Pvt. 
Dick,  Virgil  E..  Cpl. 
Dickson,   Elmer,  Mus.  Sc. 
Diffenderffer,   Archie  A.,  Mus.   Sc. 
Edmunds.  Gene  S..  Pvt. 
Fitzsimmons,   Harold   J.,    Mus.   Tc. 
Finch,  James  G.  Cpl. 
Garner,  Harry.  Sgt. 
Gatton,  Cloid,  Mus.   1st  CI. 
Hagerty,  Robert  J.,  Pvt. 
Hazelrigg.   Edward  J.,   Pvt. 
Helmcamp,  Robert  M.,  Mus.  Tc. 
Hobgood.   Homer    L..    Pvt. 
Horan,  Francis  B.,  Mus.  Tc. 


Houdek,  Carl  F.,  Cpl. 
Hyams,   Francis  H.,   Pvt. 
Jackson.   Walter   J.,    Pvt. 
Janke,  Erwin  O.,  Pvt. 
Johnston.  James  W.,   Mus.   Fc. 
Jonea,  Earl  J.,  Bnd.  Sgt. 
Julius,  Walter  E.,   Reg.  Sgt.  Maj. 
Kubit,  Joe,   Sgt. 

Lacock,    George,    Asst.    Bnd.    Ldr. 
Leachman,  Boyd  E.,  Pvt. 
Lestrud.  Clarence  A.,  Pvt. 
Lien,   Elmer   B.,    Sgt. 
Maddox,  Harold  A.,  Cpl. 
Maitre,  John,  Mus.  Sc. 
Marsden.   Clyde,   Cpl. 
Marshall,   Walter    R..   Pfc. 
Martin,   Walter   E.,   Sgt. 
Mathews,   Benjamin   H.,   Bug. 
McCormick,   Johnston  E.,   Pvt. 
McCoy,  Ralph.   Cpl. 
McDonald.  Ollie,  Pvt. 
McGuire,    James  J..   Sgt. 
Metcalf,  Glen  A..  Mus.  Fc. 
Miller.  Arthur  F.,  Bn.  Sgt.  Maj. 
Mitchell.  Francis  C,   Sgt.   Bug. 
Moss.  Erastua  B.  W.,  Pvt. 
\:ik<n,  Louis,  Bnd.  Cpl. 
Ohlson,  Edgar  A.,  Mus.  Tc. 
Orten.  Maurice  D.,  Pvt. 
Parmley,   Joseph.  Pvt. 
Paul,   Earl   S..   Pvt. 
Pedersen.   Thorald  N.,   Sgt. 
Penney,  Ray   K..  Mus.   Sc. 
Powers,   Frank  C,  Cpl. 
Price,  Herschel  D.,  Mus.  Sc. 


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1'iuitt,   John,   Pvt. 
Kanch,  Arnold,  Sgt. 
Ruckman,    Fred   A.,   Wag. 
Seefeldt,   George   F.,   Pvt. 
Seifert,   Ernest   J.,  Pvt. 
Severns,  Clyde  A.,  Cpl. 
Shepherd,  Ralph.  Cook. 
Sherman,   Henry  W.,   Mus.  Fc. 
Silvey,   Evert,   Pvt. 
Smille,  George  R.,  Pvt. 
Snedaker,    Howard   E.,   Mus.   Sc. 
Stille,  Jacob  J.,  Mus.  Tc. 
Stokesbury,  Jess  C,  Cpl. 
Tanna,   John    A.,   Mus.   Sc. 
Thompson,   Earl  B.,  Mus.  Sc. 
Troutman,  Jeremiah  F.,  Wag. 
Webster,   William,   Pfc. 
Weller,  Paul  O.,  Mus.  Sc. 
Wescott.    Clarence   L.,    Pvt. 
Wetzstein,  Emanuel   A.,  Pvt. 
Wilson,  James  H.,  Cpl. 
Worm,   Gilbert   W.,   Pvt. 
Wright,   William   F.,    Col. 
Wyrick,   Odv  W.,   Pvt. 
Young,    Orv'ille    C,    Pfc. 


Sgt. 


SUPPLY  COMPANY. 

Capt.   Oscar  L.  May,  Commanding. 

Lt.    Edward    H.    Keating    (Air   Service), 

Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Lt.   Fred  M.   Higlev. 
Lt.   Collins,   Ord.    Detch. 
(Complete    Roster    of    Supply    Co.    Not 
Available.) 


MEDICAL  DETACHMENT. 

Major  Byers,   M.   C.,  in  charge. 
Lt.    Loren   L.    Fowler. 
Lt.  Hale. 

Lt.   Stanton  L.   Sherman.   D.    C. 
(Complete     Roster     of    Medical     Detch. 
Not  Available.) 


BATTKRY    A. 


Capt.  Lawrence  G.  Tighe,  Boston,  Mass., 

Commanding. 
Lt.   Verne   Collinge,  Aberdeen,    S.    D. 
Lt.  Bales. 
Lt.   Malone. 

Lt.   Henry   W.  Campbell. 
Lt.  Marion  A.  Shaw. 
Lt.    Willis    F.    Whittaker. 
(Complete    Roster    of     Battery    A    Not 
Available.) 


BATTERY   B. 


Capt.   Walter    E.    Turner,    Commanding. 
Lt.    Ben   H.   Briscoe,   Fort  Gibson,  Miss. 
Lt.  Garrett. 
Lt.  McDermott. 
Lt.  Barker. 

(Complete    Roster    of    Battery    B     Not 
(Available.) 


BATTERY   C. 

Capt.  Kendall  Winship,  Commanding. 
Lt.  Elliott  C.  Dick,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Lt.  Richard   R.   Cook. 
Lt.  Bragg. 

(Complete     Roster    of    Battery    C    Not 
Available.) 


BATTERY  D. 


Maul,  Earl  C,  Captain,  408  Oak  St., 
Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Ingersoll,  Phelps,  1st  Lieut.,  425  Port- 
land Ave.,   St.   Paul,  Minn. 

Jensvold,  John  D.,  407  Palladium  Bldg., 
Duluth,   Minn. 

Loeb,  Julian  S.,  2d  Lieut.,  669  Grand 
Ave.,   St.   Paul,  Minn. 

Balch,  Myron  C,  2d  Lieut.,  3209  2d  Ave. 
So.,  Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Fairfield,  Roland  J.,  1st  Lieut.,  400  1st 
St.  No.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  (As- 
signed to  Battery  C.) 

Davis,  Holyoke,  Captain,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
(Assigned   adjutant   2d   Bn.) 

Jennett,  Edward  J.,  2d  Lieut.,  Streator, 
111. 

Nelson,  Martin  V.,  2d  Lieut.,  Portland, 
Ore. 

Bragg,  Peter  N.,   2d   Lieut. 

MacDuffie,  Francis  M.,  2d  Lieut. 
Sergeants. 

Ragan,  Samuel  C,  1st  Sgt.,  Sigourney, 
la. 

LeBrock,  Russell.  Supply  Sgt.,  915  Uni- 
versitv   PI.,   Burlington,   la. 

Bell,  Franklin,  Truck  Sgt..  Chariton,  la. 

Miller,  Benjamin  F.,  2d  Gun  Sec,  Os- 
ceola, la. 


(Roster,  xtiitli    F.  AH  Continued) 

Foster,  Lyle  H.,  Corrector  Sgt.,  Osceola, 
la. 

Houdek,  Earl  E.,  Instrument  Sgt.,  Sig- 
ourney,  la. 

McGinn,  William  J.,  Hq.  Sgt.,  Chats- 
worth,  111. 

Love,  George  O.,  1st  Gun  Sec,  Albia,  la. 

Moore,  Ross  W.,  3d  Gun  Sec,  Macedonia, 
la. 

Nanke,  Henry  W.,  4th  Gun  Sec,  What 
Cheer,   la. 

Nay,  Noble  E.,  Signal  Sgt.,  Rogersville, 
Mo. 

Mitchell,  John,  Mess  Sgt.,  1008  S.  18th 
St.,   Centerville,    la. 

See,  Ross  E.,  4th  Gun  Sec,  619  37th  St., 
Des   Moines,   la. 

Corporals. 

Curtis,    Glenn,    Chariton,    la. 

Van   Dyke,  Chester  F.,   Ursa,  HI. 

Windier,  Elmer,  1613  Exchange,  Keo- 
kuk,  la. 

Vancil,    Henry,    Cold   Springs,    Mo. 

McQuern,    Flody  E.,  Osceola,   la. 

Hall,  Bert  L.,  1503  W.  Olive  St.,  Spring- 
field,  Mo. 

Flesher,  Gail  C,  1104  E.  6th  St.,  Tren- 
ton,   Mo. 

Trout,    George   M.,    Birmingham,    la. 

Seydel,    Harry    W.,    Harper,    la. 

Bigford,    Frank    A. 

Hicks,   Max   C,   Stronghurst,    111. 

Coberley,    Oscar   L,    Jamesport,    Mo. 

Marshall,   Edward  H,  Willard,  Mo. 

Bensmiller,  Henry  P.,  Sigourney,   la. 

Robertson,  Robert  L,  620  Vermont  St, 
Lawrence,    Kans. 

Oakes,  John  A.,  203  Oak  St.,  Augusta, 
Kans. 

Davis,  Blaine,  216  Drake  Ave.,  Center- 
ville,  la. 

Staats,   George  W.,   Wapello,   la. 

Thomas,    Harry    C.,    Cassville,    Mo. 

Winter,    Ernest  R.,    Wapello,   la. 

Herman,    Walter,    Maxwell     la. 

Shafer,  Hubert   I.,  Kinross,'  la. 

Rubio,  Andrey,  R.  2,  Bx.  370,  Los  An- 
srdes     C&lif 

Webb,    John    F.,    McFall.   Mo. 

Kime,  William   R.,  Richland,   la. 

Mechanic1!*. 

Goldizen,  Claude  N.,  Kalispell,  Mont 
McClurkin,  Keith,  Morningsun,  la. 
McGarvie,   John   J.   Bennett,   la. 
Inman,    William    S.,    Stevensville,   Mont. 
Sampson,   Edward  J.,  Calamus,  la. 

Cooks. 

Shepherd,   Ralph,   Drakesville,   la. 
Schindler,   Ralph,  Pulaski,   la. 
McManus,  John  M.,  Albia,  la 
Panas,     Steve,    Van    Horn     Hotel,     Bis- 
marck, N.  D. 
Moritz,  Walter,  Dana,  la. 

Wagoners. 

Cassil,  Rodney  T.,  1012  Central  Ave., 
Joplin,   Mo. 

Hansen,    Ferdinand    A.,    Blairstown,    la. 

Hosman,    Emil    C,   Hickory,   Mo. 

Johnson,   A.  W.,   Kansas  City,   Mo. 

Kittleman,   C.   R.,   Antioch,    Nebr. 

Kutz,   O.    A.,   Lexington,   Nebr. 

Larson,    Lewis,    Callendar,    la. 

Lose,   Paul  G.,  Princeton,  Mo. 

Morris.  John  W.,  1600  Buchanan  St., 
Des  Moines,  la. 

McMahan,    Fern    H.,   Jamesport,   Mo. 

Moore,    Daniel,   Otis,   Kans. 

Messenger,  Roscoe   R.,   Kingman,   Kans. 

Miller,    Glen    G.,    Stockport,    la. 

Rasmussen,  Arthur,  532  Bluff  St.,  Coun- 
cil  Bluffs,   la. 

Reichley,    J.   G.,  Wamego,    Kans 

Royse,  J.  M..   Dodge  City,  Kans. 

Ruckman,    Fred    A.,    Hatfield,    Mo. 

Raynard,  Fred  L.  Ashgrove,  Mo. 

Schrader.  Garrv  W.,  Hawkeve,   la. 

Sexton,   J.  H.,   Fall  River,  Kans. 

Tone,    Thomas    T.,    Grinnell,    Ta. 

Wilcox.   Irving   F.,  Trenton,  Mo. 


Peck,    C.    W. 


Saddlers. 

Rogersville,    Mo. 


Privates,  First  Class. 

Andre,   Herber  F.,   Tipton,   la. 
Bridges.  William  E.,  Elijah,  Mo. 
Cole,  Farrie  L.,   R.  4,  Princeton,  Mo. 
Cotton,    Columbus,   Ava.,   Mo. 
Callahan,  B.    S.,    Arditta,   Mo. 
Cambruzzi,   Antonio.    Hocking,    la. 
Decker   Frank,   Bunker,   Mo. 
Davis,  Charles  E.,  R.  4,  Seymour,  Mo. 
Ellion,     Michael,     79     Centennial     Ave., 

Reviere,  Mass. 
Hedgecoth,    C.    A.,   Leadwood,    Mo. 
Holden,  Ira  E.,   Peace  Valley.  Mo. 
Herzog.  Edward  H.  A.,  Farmington,  Mo. 
Heskett,  Verne  L.,  Pulaski,  la. 


Gott,  Reggie,  Roy,  Mo. 

Lemkuhl,  E.,  Oran,  la. 

Landes,   Carl    D.,   Jameson,   Mo. 

Lee,  Martin  J.,  3206  Juliet  St.,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

Lawson,  C.  V.,  Marshfield,  Mo. 

Lea,   Louis  H.,   Fordland,  Mo. 

Mccann,  Clarence,  Osceola,  ta. 

Meador,    Daniel    B.,    Monett,    Mo. 

Mendenhall,    W.    I.,   Bunker,   Mo. 

Nickle,  Earl,   Purdy,  Mo. 

McKee,    Roy,   Purdy,   Mo. 

Nelson,  C.  H.,  623  York  St.,  St.  Paul,  Mo. 

Nelson,   J.   H.,   Regent,   N.   D. 

McReynolds,    Harry,    Richland,    la. 

Olson,  A.  J.,  Sterling,  N.  D. 

Palmer,    Logan,    Thayer,   Mo. 

Ness,  1.  N.,  Sentinel  Butte,  N.  D. 

Peterson,  Tobias,  c/o  T.  Erickson,  For- 
est City,  la. 

Peterson,  Mark  H.,  729  W.  Kearney  St., 
Springfield,    Mo. 

Place,    George,    Independence,    Mo. 

Rutledge,   G.    E.,    Piedmont,   Mo. 

Shepherd,  B.  A.,  3005  Myrtle  Ave.,  Kan- 
sas  City,   Mo. 

Stark,  E.  H.,  1029  DeClair  Ave.,  Swiss- 
vale,   Pa. 

Spencer,  Martin,   Broken   Bow,  Nebr. 

Snell,  Purl  H.,  Maryville,  Mo. 

Storeng,   E.   C,   Blue   Grass,   Mo. 

Templin,  Merl   R.,   Friend,   Nebr. 

Thompson,    R.    A.,    Beach,    N.    D. 

Tinnen.   Hugh   O.,   Ravanna,   Mo. 

Tibbetts.   Ross,   Trenton,   Mo. 

Tabbe,  A.  C,  Corwith,  la. 

Williams,   M.   L.,  Verona,   Mo. 

Widener,  Albert  V.,  West  Plains,  Mo. 

Williams,  Leslie  T.,  Moville,  la. 

Stephens,   W.   O..    Scholten,   Mo. 

Nystrom,  Nels  M.,  Council  Grove,  Kans. 

Robertson.  Harold  C,   1250  Windsor 
Ave.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Steiner,  Fred,  Mott,  N.  D. 

Tebben,  Andrew,  Auburn,  la. 

Teaford,   Shirley  W.,   Unionstar,   Mo. 

Thayer,  A.  B.,  Castana,  la. 

Yancey,   Talmage,    Flat  River,  Mo. 

Buglers. 

Walrod,   Floyd    B.,   Lake  View,   la. 
Konzen,    Peter   J.,   Farley,    la. 
Fauscett,   J.,   Marshfield,   Mo. 

Privates. 

Albert,  Charles,  E.  Main  Rd.,  Tiverton. 
R.    I. 

Bale,  V.   W.,  Newton,  la. 

Banks,    John,    Atkinson,    Minn. 

Bayz,   George  H.,   Trenton,   Mo. 

Bean,   Otis  T.,  Thomasville,  No.  Car. 

Bean,  Ernest  H.,  Statesville,  No.  Car. 

Bell,   George  E.,   Pattonsburg,   Mo. 

Booth,  Claude  R.,  Gallatin,  Mo. 

Drake,   Donal  F. 

Brummett,    William    F,    Rome,    Mo. 

Bothwell    Floyd  E.,   Broken  Bow,  Nebr. 

Bryson,   Harry  A.,  Summersville,   Mo. 

Campbell,   Otho   T.,   R.   1,   Norwood    Mo. 

Carter,  Homer  R.,   R.   4,   Trenton,  Mo. 

Christiansen,   Henry,    Story  City,   la. 

Clem,   Luther,   Brandsville,   Mo. 

Daniels,   Emory  L.,   Niobe,  N.  Y. 

Day,   Ruben,    Bemis,    Tenn. 

Edwards,   Eugene,   Correctionville,   la. 

Gebhardt,  John  W.,  Osborne,  Mo. 

Goff,    Charles   W.,   Oakland,   la. 

Craven,  James  E.,   Competition,   Mo. 

Ellison,    Ernest,    Roy,    Mo. 

Griffin,    Dale   M.,   Trinidad,   Colo. 

Gray,   Riley,   Chadwick,   Mo. 

Haggard,  Ben.,  R.  7,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Hailey,   Sumner  P.,   Guild,   Mo. 

Hanson,  Harry,   Everest,   Kans. 

Hansen,    Charles    H.,    Weston,    la. 

Hausmann,  John  F.,  Odebolt,  la. 

Hunt,  Delbert  R.,  Swea  City,   la. 

Jones,   Frank   E.,  Lytton,  la. 

Kaster,  Loney  H.,  Smallett,  Mo. 

King,    Solomon,   West   Eminence,   Mo. 

King,  Warren  H.,  Nashua,  la. 

Kiss,  William  C,  1225  N.  Mill  St.,  Pon- 
tiac,    111. 

Kramer,  Walter  P.,  69  Harris  St.,  North 
Adams,  Mass. 

Loder,   Emil,   West   Bend,    la. 

McAllister,   Arthur,  R.   8,   Trenton,  Mo. 

McCormack,    W.   C,    Alley,   Mo. 

McWaid,  Alber  A.,  R.  5,  Trenton,  Mo. 

Martin,  Ely,  Spickard,  Mo. 

Massacar,    Clifton,    Steele,   N.   D. 

Mayne,  Roscoe  J.,  Ledyard,  la. 

Miller,  Ed.,  R.  1,  Princeton,  Mo. 

Morris,   Albert,   Pontiac.   111. 

Munsen,    Frank,    Correctionville,    la. 

O'Donnell,  Thomas  J.,  Done  Rock,  la. 

Osterhout,   Ernest  S.,  Wibeaux,  Mont. 

Palm.  George.  17  N.  Railroad  Ave.,  Mt. 
Vernon.  N.  Y. 

Parsley.  Franklin.  R.  4,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Petty,  Egbert  L,  209  S.  5th  Ave.,  James- 
town, N.  D. 

Poen.   Hika,   Carnarvon,  la. 

Rickford.  Albert,  Jessie,   N.  D. 

Schulte,   Fred.    Breda,  la. 


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Shipman,   Rubin,   Chadwick,  Mo. 
Smillem,    George    R.,     714    Lincoln    St., 

Springfield,  Mo. 
Smith,    Homer   C,    Conway,    Mo. 
Smith,  James  E.    Pansy,  Mo. 
Smith,   William  M.,   Swea  City,   la. 
Smith,   John  B.,   Washburne,  N.   D. 
Spanier,   Cornealius  J.,  Williams,  la. 
Steinhilber,   Conrad,   Renville,   Minn. 
Stenberg,  Charles,  Radcliffe,  la. 
Stephenson,   Henry,    Elliott    N.    D. 
Strickland,   Ray,  Gridley.   Kans. 
Studer,   Clemens  T.,  St.  Benedict,  la. 
Swartz,  Paul,   Friend,   Nebr. 
Traxler,  Mike  A.,  West  Plains,  Mo. 
Trustem,  Cul  C,  Northwood,  la. 
Veland,    Lauritz,    Robinson,    N.    D. 
Walheim,   Andreas  A.,   Mott,  N.  D. 
Wink,  Fred  C,  Holstein,  la. 
Yates,  Will  K.,  West  Plains,  Mo. 
Minich,    Jacob,   Friend,   Nebr. 


BATTERY   E. 

Capt.  Tom  W.  McClelland,  Commanding, 

Davenport,  la. 
Lt.  Leonard  B.   Allison. 
Lt.  Thomas  M.  Manchester. 
Lit.   Harvey  F.   Nelson. 
Lt.  Hill. 
Lt.  Isaacson. 

(Complete    roster    of    Battery    E    not 
available.) 


BATTIJRY    F. 


Hudson,  Donald  K.,  Captain,  2120  Lake 
of  the  Isles  Blvd.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Graham,  Homer  D.,  1st  Lieut.,  Mont- 
rose, O. 

O'Brien,  Daniel  J.,  1st  Lieut.,  115G  Day- 
ton Ave..  St.   Paul,   Minn. 

Paden,  Charles  J.,  2d  Lieut.,  1810  Cal- 
vert  St.,   Washington,   D.   C. 

Hornsberger,  Wm.,  2d  Lieut.,  Ashland, 
Nebr. 

Fitzgerald,  Wm.,  2d  Lieut.,  Baldwins- 
ville.  N.  Y. 

Rieger,  George,  2d  Lieut.,  2646  N.  Saw- 
yer Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Peterson.  Leonard,  2d  Lieut.,  4903  W. 
Ohio  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

White,  Chas.  I.,  1st  Sgt..  Oakland,  la. 

Elkins,  Norville  F.,  1st  Sgt.,  Benoit, 
Ala 

Igou,  Tom  N.,  Supply  Sgt.,  403  S.  Penn 
Ave.,  Mason   City,  la. 

Grossman,  Chas.  W..  Mess  Sgt.,  107  N. 
High  St.,  Jackson,  Mo. 

Serjeants. 

Anderson,  Merrill  W.,  1608  W.  Main  St., 
Knoxville,  la. 

Pryor,  Samuel  C,  1300  Avenue  L,  Coun- 
cil Bluffs,  la. 

Rector,  Wm.  C.  315  D  Ave.,  East  Albia, 
la. 

Monroe,  Burell  L.,  Wildon.  la. 

Robinson,  Ernest  A.,  Knoxville,  la. 

Shell,  Chas.  H„  Maloy,  la. 

Webber,  Daniel  T..  3300  Garretson  Ave., 
Sioux    City,    la. 

Monical,  Daniel  H.,  334  Bartlett  St., 
Poplar  Bluff,  Mo., 

I  Corporals. 

Bodine,  Clarence  L..  Marston,  Mo. 
Bohannon,  Gilbert  J..  Matthews.  Mo. 
Burky,  David,  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.,  R.  7. 
Cox.  John  W.,  Troy,  Mo.,  R.  5. 
Collins,  Guy  R.,  Newtown,  Mo.,  R.  2. 
Devis,   Gilger   E.,   Superior,   Iowa. 
Devaney,    Francis.   Cascade,   la. 
Frederlckson,   Lee   O..   Boxholm.   la. 
Forgery,  Thomas  G.,  Camden,  Ind. 
Gervig,  Frederick  R  ,  Louisiana.  Mo. 
Harrison,    Ernest   W.,    417    W.    Roy    St.. 

Seattle,  Wash. 
Hoffman.  Robt.  H„  E.  4th   St.,  Mendota. 

111. 
Johnson.  Wilber  E.,  Cherokee,  la.,  R.   3, 

Box  63. 
T-Cucrler.  Henrv  W.    Wayne,  Nebr. 
Kramer.    Alfred,    7260    N.    Taylor    Ave., 

St.  I^ouis,  Mo. 
Lpngenohl.  Harry  L,  2910  Eads  Ave.,  St. 

Louis,  Mo. 


(Roster.   :::'.!iih    E.    A.,    LoiiclutU-il  I 

Moeller,   Joseph    1..    1427   E.    9th    St.,   Des 

Moines,  la. 
Reynolds,  S.,  Lohrville,  la. 
Kybolt,  Clarence  L,   Winfield,  Mo.,  R.  1. 
Round,  Lester  L.,  Blockton,  la. 
Singleton,  Glen  O.,  Richland,  la. 
Taft.   James,   Jr.,   Danville,   la. 
Thompson,  Lowell  D.,  Salem,  la. 
ii  yatrt,   Emerson   D.,   Howard,   Kans. 
Whittelshofer,  Ira  S.,  5706  S.  Park  Ave., 

Chicago,  111. 

Mechanics. 

Webster,  Roy  E.,  Chief.  Bedford,  la. 

Zutavern,    Louis   J.,   Chief,    Great    Bend, 
Kans. 

Axelton,  Clarence  M.,  Graittinger,  la. 

Bowers,  Grant  W.,  2d  Ave.,  North  Cres- 
co,  la. 

Witt,  Otto  W„  504  Shawnee  St.,  Leaven- 
worth, Kans. 

Ericson,  Eric  O.,  Ft.  Dodge,  la. 

Burky,   Edward,  Mt.   Pleasant,  la. 
Cooks. 

Diacos,  Nick   D.,   Care  Grill   Cafe.  Glen- 
dive,  Mont. 

Jaynes,  Alvie   T„   Lovalle,  Mo. 

Kappeli,  Hans,  Camp  Dodge,  la. 

Smith,  Glen  H.,  Hamburg,  la. 
Barbers. 

Hobgood.  Homer  L.,  East  Prairie,  Mo. 

Roberts,  Marvin,   Farmington,  Mo. 
•  Privates. 

Arence,  John  H.,   309  1st  Ave.  So.,   Far- 
go, N.  D. 

Adams,  Mart  D.,  Phelps  City,  Mo. 

Anderson,   Ernest  C,   647   Ontario   St.  S. 
E..  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Agostinello.  Donato,  Beach,   N.  D. 

Buel,  Merton  G.,  Mcintosh,  S.  D. 

Bittner,     John     J.,     Wellston     Sta.,     St. 
Louis.  Mo.,  Box  100,  R.  29. 

Beckering,    Jodokos.   Troy,   Mo. 

Berg,  John  J.,   Sentinel   Butte,   N.   D. 

Bonney,    Wm.    F.,    Lesterville,    Mo. 

Burnett,  Leslie,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

Baker.  Albert,   Kerney,  Mo. 

Ball,  Francis  M.,  Farmington.  Mo.,  R.  5. 

Blankenship,  Oliver  P.,   Frima.   Mo. 

Bradford,  Chas.  N„  Benton,  Tenn. 

Becker,  Anthony  P.,  Easton.  Minn. 

Pettit,  Chester  S..  Limesprings,  la. 

Berg.  Victor   J.,   Viroqua,   Wis.,   R.    2. 

Banfield,    Harold    E.,    311    College    Ave,. 
Ithaca.  N.   Y. 

Brissette,   Benj.  B.,  4062a  LaClede  Ave., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Campbell,  Cavette  V.,  Fredonia,  Ky„  R. 
3,  Box  12. 

Christy,  Joseph  D.,  Browning,   Mo. 

Cureton,  John   H,  New  Madrid,  Mo. 

Catron,  Matt  A.,   Parma,  Mo. 

Conley,   Chas.   E.,   Leadwood,   Mo. 

Crouch,  Willie  M.,  Platte  City,  Mo.,  R.  1 

Campbell,  Joe  R.,  Overland  R.  F.  D.   28, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Clickler,  Geo.,  115  %  Georgia  St.,  Louisi- 
ana, Mo. 

Dorherty,  Wm.  J.,  Wing,  N.  D. 

Donner,  Albert  A.,  Desart.  N.  D. 

Duley,  Harry  B.,  Sheldon,  N.  D. 

Denton,  Jesse  B.,  Freemont,  Mo. 

Davis,  Lawrence,  Lisbon,   N.   D.,  R.   3. 

Denton.   Julius   W.,   Freemont,  Mo. 

Donnelly,  Joe,  Neola,  la. 

Dooner,  Bernard  J.,  Galva,  N.  D. 

Dekaria,  Tony,  Jamestown,   N.  D. 

Elder,  Ross  A.,  Box  498,  Beach,  N.  D. 

Elbert   Charlie  E.,  Whittemore,  la.,  R.  2. 

Erdman,    Theodore    R.,    Sentinel,    Butte, 
N.  D.,  R.  1. 

Even.  Hubert  F.,  Loose  Creek,  Mo.,  R.  1. 

Frochlich,  Jno.,  Necedah,  Wis. 

Firth    Arthur  W.,  Buchanan,   N.  D. 

Felice,    Pieruccioni,    544    Sibley    St.,    St. 
Paul,  Minn. 

Fuller,  Frank  I.,  Milan,  Ind. 

Finkle,   James    L.,    Lisbon,    N.    D..   R.    1, 
Box   32. 

Frazier    Ralph   E.,  Ellsberry,   Mo. 

Gaffney,    Robt.  J.,   354    W.    58th   St.,   New 
York  City. 

Geders,    Jos.     J.,     2116     Sidney     St.,     St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Granneman.     Elwood    H.,     2174    Louise, 
Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Halverson,    John    H.,    406    Center    Ave., 
Decorah,  la. 

Head,  Chas.  W.,  Parma,  Mo.,  Box  334. 

Hiller.  Jos..  Jr.,  6707  Minnesota  Ave.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Houchins,  Chester  T.,  Louisiana.  Mo. 

Harvey.  Walter  E.,  Royal  Center,  Ind. 

Huitt,  Wm.  T.,  Lesterville,  Mo. 

Hanson.  John.  2224  W.  North  Ave.,  Chi- 
cago. 111. 

Hulshop,    Henry    B.,    Portageville,    Mo., 
R.  7. 

Hancock.  Walter  D..   Dorrisville.   111. 


Hughes,  Richard  J.,  21  Newman  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Calif. 

Hackmeister,  Chas.,  Florissant  St.,  R.  F. 
D.  35,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Hanes,  Edwin  L,  Long  Prairie,  Minn.. 
R.  2. 

Isaacson,  John,  Bismarck,  N.  D. 

Jenson,  Norman,  Bowling  Green,  Mis- 
souri. 

Jones,  Torry,  316  N.  6th  St.,  Louisiana, 
Mo. 

Keller,  Eugene,  637  S.  10th  St.,  Terre 
Haute,  Ind. 

Kuhnle,  Geo.  D.,  1157  24th  St.,  Des 
Moines,  la. 

Kilroy,  John  W.,  3102  Magnolia  Ave.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Kersey,  Fred,  407  S.  1st  St.,  Marshall- 
town,  la. 

Kalberer,  Jacob  M.,  Salem,  N.  D. 

Kinker,  Andrew  G.,  Anglum,  Mo.,  R.  38. 

Knoll,  Fred  W.,  2132  Louise  Ave.,  Well- 
ston. Mo. 

Kelly,   Owen,  Butte,  Mont. 

Kelly,  John  R.,  Regent,  N.  D. 

Kleiter,  Frank,  Tappen,  N.  D. 

Langford,   Ira  L.,   .boley,  Mo. 

i.auer.   Edwin  J..   Cherokee.   la. 

Lovelanu,  Walter  B.,  314  W.  6th  St.,  Se- 
dalia.  Mo. 

Lutz,    Anton,   Mott,    N.   D. 

Leopold,   Albert  r.,    Woolstock.  la. 

Last,  Gerard,   Windsor,   N.   D. 

Leopold,   John   A.,   Medina,   N.    D. 

Layer,  Fred  P.,  New  Florence,  Mo. 

Layton,  Clayton  J.,  1011  W.  Main  St., 
Jamestown,   N.   D. 

McGlinchey,  James  P.,  Aledo.  Texas. 

McGee,  Joseph  T.,  Ellsberry.  Mo.,  R.  1. 

Moberly.  Achillus  B.,  Rm.  8,  Union  Sta., 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Mawhinney.  John.  Mildway,  Canada. 

MaMackin,    Thos.    A.,    Beaman,    Mo.,  R.l. 

Mitchell,  James  C,  Gray,   Sask,   Can. 

McMillion.   Pete,   Maiden,   Mo. 

Mayer,  Henry,  3942  S.Broadway  St.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo, 

Mozier,  Alfred  O.,  Winfield,  Mo.,  R.  1. 

Mummert,  Eugene  C,  Overland,  Mo.,  R. 
28 

Manley,  Elmer  R.,  5540  Helen  Ave..  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Monniner,  Harry  F„  722  Canton  Ave., 
Detroit,  Mich. 

McCuan,  James  A.,  Watson,  Okla. 

McClelland,   Guy   O.,   Hamilton,   Mo. 

Newland,  James  E.,  Downing,  Mo.,  R.  1. 

Nolan,  Edmund  M.,  2463  Madison  Rd.. 
Cincinnati,    O. 

Nixon,    Francis    W.,    Granger.   la. 

Nelson,     Emil,     Norman,     Grove,     Nebr. 

Olson,  Rudolph  L  J.,  Malvern,  la.,  R.  2. 

Phipps,  James  A.,  Lutterell,  Tenn.,  R.  2. 

Pemberton,  Jack,  438  Pine  St.,  Spring- 
field, Mo. 

Phelon,     Jesse,     New     Madrid,     Mo. 

Pettit,  Chester  S.,  Lime  Springs.  la. 

Plude,  Rogers  J.,  1412  State  St.,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 

Poncelet,  Lucen,  813  Globe  St.,  Fall 
River,  Mass. 

Rose,  Farbia  H,  Bigelow,  Mo. 

Reddick,  Isaac  S.,  Rock  Port,  Mo. 

Reagan,  Ben   H.,  Lesterville,   Mo. 

Rein,  Geo.  S.,  Oakville,  la. 

Roawn,   Miles  T.,  Coin,  la. 

Smith,  Ray,  204  N.  27th  St.,  Kansas 
City,   Kans. 

Segal,   Bennie,   Portageville,   Mo. 

Sedgwich,   Floyd,   Carrolton,  Mo.,   R.   9. 

Solomon    Willis.  Cowan,  Mo. 

Shannon,  James   P.,  Mansfield.  Mo. 

Simpson,  Willie  G.,  Big  Rock,  Tenn., 
R.  1. 

Skorniniski,  John,  1448  Mullanphy  St., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

See,  Walter  L.  Frankford,  Mo. 

Scheid,    Harry  O.,   Springview,   Nebr. 

Swope,  Walter  R.,  Maysville,  Mo.,  R.   3. 

Shy,  Joseph  A.,  New  Madrid,  Mo. 

Swanson,  Chas.  V..  Ludlow,  Pa.,  Box  41. 

Tucker,  Milton  E.,  Ellsberry,   Mo. 

Taylor,  Commodore  M.,  West  Plains,  Mo. 

Toeffer,  Chas.  J.,  Boone,  la. 

Thompson,  Paul.  Montgomery    Mo. 

Voss,   Carl   W.,   Hawk  Point,  Mo. 

Vanalstine,   Glen,   Nodaway,   la.,   R.   2. 

Wellendorf,   Hobert,   Soraguensville,   la 

Wilkinson.  Russall  S.,  Ellsberry.  Mo. 

Williams,   Jas.   O.,   Louisiana.  Mo. 

Witte,  Frank  S.,  Ethlyn.  Mo. 

Williams,  Ray  F.,  Manhattan,  Kans., 
R    2 

Wiliiams,   Jas.  A.,  Ridgely.   Tenn. 

Washburn,  Lloyd.  Prophetstown.  111. 

Westberg,  Albert  J     Minneapolis.  Minn 

Witt,  Grover  C,   Troy,   Mo. 

Woodward,  Ralph  D..  325  Chestnut  St.. 
Atlantic,  la. 

Wiggs,  Joseph,  Wellsville.  Mo. 


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